Reform

Simon Hughes: To ask the Leader of the House what proposals she has for further modernisation of the working practices of the House.

Chris Bryant: The Modernisation Committee is currently inquiring into the arrangements for recall and dissolution. Other proposals are being considered by the Procedure Committee.
	My right hon. Friend is always keen to hear proposals for modernisation of the working practices of the House.

Departmental Official Hospitality

Robert Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years.

Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office do not separately record entertainment costs. Any such costs will be met from within the Office's hospitality budget. The hospitality budget over the last five years was as follows:
	
		
			   Budget (£000) 
			 2004-05 26 
			 2005-06 25 
			 2006-07 25 
			 2007-08 25 
			 2008-09 23 
		
	
	The events run from within the Office's hospitality budget continue to be popular with MPs of all parties with relevant Scottish constituencies taking the opportunity to engage with important stakeholders and groups in Scotland.

Departmental Official Hospitality

Robert Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on  (a) alcohol and  (b) food in each of the last five years.

Ann McKechin: The Scotland office do not hold the information in the format requested.

Departmental Press

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on  (a) newspapers,  (b) magazines and  (c) periodicals in each year since 1997.

Ann McKechin: The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999. The office provides corporate services, such as the payment of invoices, to the Office of the Advocate General. Separate figures for newspapers and magazines for each office are not separately recorded; and the cost of periodicals is subsumed within the overall library costs, such as the purchase of books. Expenditure by both offices on newspapers and magazines was as follows:
	
		
			   Cost (£) 
			 1999-2000 9,096 
			 2000-01 13,639 
			 2001-02 12,968 
			 2002-03 12,990 
			 2003-04 12,556 
			 2004-05 11,546 
			 2005-06 9,318 
			 2006-07 9,753 
			 2007-08 6,728

Departmental Art Works

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which works of art from the Government Art Collection each Minister in his Department has selected for display in a private office.

Huw Irranca-Davies: DEFRA Ministers have the following works of art from the Government Art Collection displayed in their departmental offices:
	 The Secretary of State (the right hon. Hilary Benn MP)—four prints
	Thomas Shotter Boys—Hyde Park Corner
	Thomas Shotter Boys—Westminster Abbey
	Edmund Walker and Thomas Picken—The New Houses of Parliament
	William Parrott—Chelsea with part of the Old Church
	 Minister of State (the noble Lord Hunt)—one drawing, two prints and four photographs
	Elsie Few—Desert
	June Berry—The Green, Green Grass
	Brendan Neiland—Millbank
	Andy Goldsworthy—Ice Sphere
	Andy Goldsworthy—Ice Sphere (pendant)
	Andy Goldsworthy—Ice Star
	Andy Goldsworthy—Ice Star (pendant)
	Neither my right hon. Friend Jane Kennedy MP, or I have any artwork from the Government Art Collection displayed in our offices.

Fish Farms: Pollution Control

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policy to minimise pollution from fish farms.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The Environment Agency issue consents to all fish farms to control the discharge to the environment of pollutants expected from this type of operation. It does this by putting chemical limits on the consent which cannot be exceeded or issues a differential consent which compares upstream and downstream impacts.
	Fish farms also use various chemicals to control pests on the fish and treat infection. The Environment Agency asks the farmer to provide a chemical use plan which specifies the amount of chemical applied to the fish.
	From this the Environment Agency can work out the environmental impact downstream and compare against predetermined no-effect concentrations to fish and other organisms. Through this approach, the agency ensures that downstream environments are protected.

Genetically Modified Organisms: Somerset

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 523-4W, on genetically modified (GM) organisms: Somerset, 
	(1)  what steps have been taken to protect seed imports destined for commercial crop production from GM contamination in the light of the oilseed rape crop contamination in South Somerset;
	(2)  what the separation distance between the oilseed rape crop in South Somerset found to be contaminated with a GM trait in 2008 and the neighbouring crop of oilseed rape was;
	(3)  whether the crop neighbouring the oilseed rape crop in South Somerset found to be contaminated with a GM trait in 2008 was a winter variety;
	(4)  what steps have been taken to prevent further GM contamination in the area surrounding the original contamination site;
	(5)  what distance was maintained between the GM contaminated crop and surrounding crops.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The DEFRA GM Inspectorate works with conventional seed importers to review their procedures for avoiding GM admixture. We are now considering together with the authorities in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland what steps are needed to further minimise the possibility that GM seed might be sown accidentally in the UK.
	The crop grown by the farmer in Somerset from seed with a low GM admixture was of a winter oilseed rape variety. The other trial crop of conventional oilseed rape that he grew at the same time was of a spring variety. These crops were grown immediately adjacent to each other within the same field. No other oilseed rape crops are thought to have been grown in the surrounding area to a distance of approximately four miles.
	The affected farmer has taken and will continue to implement appropriate measures to reduce the presence of GM oilseed rape volunteer plants. A management plan for this has been agreed between the farmer, the seed company involved and the GM Inspectorate.

Nature Conservation

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons the higher level stewardship target area statements for areas outside the East of England region do not list endangered  (a) bees,  (b) beetles and  (c) other invertebrates as qualifying features.

Huw Irranca-Davies: There are 110 published target areas for the Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) scheme in England. These are based upon data and evidence and show the areas where the scheme is best able to deliver the environmental outcomes that it was designed to deliver.
	The reason behind the apparent anomaly between the East of England target area statements and those in other regions, is that the East of England contains several target areas which include significant areas of arable land that support populations of rare invertebrates. Therefore there is specific reference to these within the target area statements. In most other regions the majority of arable land, and the rare invertebrates that depend upon it, are found outside the target areas.
	Outside of target areas HLS can still be very important so each region has identified themes to address HLS priorities. The supporting regional theme statements give detail on these priorities and, in regions where rare invertebrates are present, these are specifically mentioned as qualifying features.

Nature Conservation

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what species of  (a) plants and  (b) animals are believed to have become extinct in Britain within the last 25 years; and if he will make a statement.

Huw Irranca-Davies: Determining whether or not a species has become extinct is not an easy task. The approach taken in the UK can be summarised by reference to the guidance drawn up by the IUCN(2001):
	Extinct (ex). A taxon is extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. A taxon is presumed extinct when exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, at appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal, annual), throughout its historic range have failed to record an individual. Surveys should be over a time frame appropriate to the taxon's life cycle and life form.
	The default time frame used in the UK to determine when a species has become extinct, is when there has been no record of the species in the last 50 years. Occasionally, for very well-recorded species, a shorter time frame is appropriate.
	The following table records the best available data:
	
		
			  Name  Extinct  Extant —d ate of last record 
			 Short-haired Bumble Bee (Bombus subterraneus) 2006 1988 
			 The Starry Breck Lichen (Buellia asterella) — 1999 
			 Ivell's Sea Anemone (Edwardsia ivelli) — (1)1983 
			 Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum) 2002 1986 
			 Black-Backed Meadow Ant (Formica pratensis) 1980s — 
			 Cuckoo Bee (Nomada errans) 2006 1982 
			 Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae) (2)1999 — 
			 Hair Silk-Moss (Plagiothecium piliferum) 2007 1939 
			 Rove Beetle (Stenus palposus) — (3)1985 
			 Essex Emerald Moth (Thetidia smaragdaria) (4)1991 — 
			 (1) Possibly extinct. (2) The pool frog has since been reintroduced and is part of an ongoing reintroduction scheme. (3) May be extinct. 4 Extinct in the wild.  Note: We cannot be certain that there have been no other extinctions because we do not have a complete inventory of species in the UK and not all groups are well recorded.

Driving: Licensing

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's latest estimate is of the number of cars not properly registered on their databases.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold this information in the format required.
	The main issue the DVLA has with vehicles being incorrectly registered on its database is that the keeper's name and address may be out of date. There are 34 million licensed vehicles on the DVLA database and the latest survey, which tests whether they are all traceable back to their current keeper, showed that 95.7 per cent. of vehicle keepers could be traced starting with DVLA main record. These figures cover all types of vehicles, not just cars.

Motor Vehicles

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the number of cars on the road without valid  (a) road tax and  (b) insurance.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department for Transport published National Statistics in December 2008 that estimated that the overall rate of unlicensed vehicles was 1 per cent. in 2008, equivalent to approximately 330,000 vehicles.
	On insurance, a road side survey (Operation V79) was carried out by the Department in March 2008. 6,689 vehicles were stopped at random by police and checked for compliance with driver and vehicle licensing regulations. The recorded level of uninsured drivers from this survey was 1.2 per cent. However, comparison of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's vehicle register and motor insurance database suggests the total figure of uninsured driving is likely to be higher. In 2005, a comparison of the two databases estimated that about 2.1 million licensed vehicles were being driven by uninsured drivers. The comparison looks at all vehicle keepers and motor insurance policies and does not rely on vehicles being spotted in use on the road. Further work continues on a more recent comparison of the two databases and is undergoing validity checks by departmental statisticians.

Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1271W on the M1: Bedfordshire, what other hard shoulder running schemes on the  (a) M1,  (b) M25,  (c) M6,  (d) M62,  (e) M3,  (f) M4 approaching London,  (g) motorways around Manchester,  (h) motorways around Birmingham and  (i) motorways around Bristol are planned for 2009-10.

Paul Clark: Details of the hard shoulder running schemes on England's motorways are set out in "Britain's Transport Infrastructure Motorways and Major Trunk Roads" published on 15 January 2009. Copies of this document are available in the House Library or on the Department for Transport's website at:
	http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/network/policy/motorways/
	The hard shoulder running schemes that are expected to enter construction in 2009/10 in addition to M1 J10-13 are M4 J19-20, M5 J15-17and M6 J8-10a.

Railways: Plastics

Denis MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what  (a) meetings,  (b) correspondence and  (c) telephone contacts officials in his Department have had with Iplas plc of Halifax on the procurement of rail sleepers, in the last 12 months.

Paul Clark: The Department for Transport is not aware of any contact in the last year.
	The procurement of sleepers is an operational matter for Network Rail as the owner and operator of the national rail network. My hon. Friend should contact Network Rail's chief executive at the following address for a response to his questions:
	Iain Coucher
	Chief Executive
	Network Rail
	Kings Place
	90 York Way
	London, N1 9AG

Railways: Standards

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of train services have been  (a) delayed and  (b) cancelled in (i) England, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees Valley district and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 10 years.

Paul Clark: The latest 10-year period for which cancellation figures are available for England and Wales is February 1999 to February 2009. The proportion of planned passenger train services cancelled for their whole journey is given by year in the following table:
	
		
			   Cancellations (percentage) 
			 1999-2000 1.1 
			 2000-01 2.3 
			 2001-02 1.8 
			 2002-03 1.6 
			 2003-04 1.3 
			 2004-05 1.2 
			 2005-06 1.2 
			 2006-07 1.2 
			 2007-08 1.1 
			 2008-09 1.0 
		
	
	The Department for Transport does not hold information about delays and cancellations specific to the north-east, Tees Valley district and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. Neither does the Department hold information about proportions of trains delayed on their journey; therefore, data specific to delays are unavailable.
	The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is responsible for publishing and monitoring data on rail performance, and for a breakdown by individual train operator, the hon. Member may wish to consult ORR's publication 'National Rail Trends' on their website at:
	http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1863

Roads and Railways: Construction

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many employees of  (a) the Highways Agency and  (b) external contractors he expects to work on (i) the motorways and major trunk roads scheme, (ii) electrification of the Midland Mainline and Great Western lines and (iii) High Speed Two in (A) 2009-10, (B) 2010-11 and (C) 2011-12.

Paul Clark: holding answer 6 March 2009
	The Highways Agency cannot provide the information in the form sought, particularly in relation to contractors. However, the Major Projects Directorate of the Agency, whose job it is to oversee the preparation, design and construction of motorway and trunk road schemes, comprises 357 staff.
	Staff from Network Operations Directorate are also engaged in scheme delivery and a large proportion of its circa 800 staff members are involved in scheme delivery of renewal, improvement or maintenance schemes. This number excludes the Traffic Officer Service.
	Britain's Transport Infrastructure: High Speed Two, published in January 2009, said that High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd would draw on resources from Network Rail and the Department for Transport. It is expected this will number up to about 25 people, plus consultancy resources as necessary. The process for recruitment of these resources is a matter for the company. Future resource requirements at High Speed Two are dependent upon ministerial decisions following HS2's report at the end of this year.
	The Secretary of State for Transport confirmed in January that a decision on the electrification of Midland Main Line and Great Western Main Line would be announced later this year. Should a positive decision be made, it will be for Network Rail to manage the delivery of any electrification scheme and to appoint appropriate contractors.

Rolling Stock: Procurement

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in which country the  (a) design and development work and  (b) construction of the initial batch of engines and carriages for the new Intercity Express programme train will take place.

Paul Clark: holding answer 6 March 2009
	The design and development work associated with the Super Express contract will be split between the UK and Japan. Agility estimates that 50 UK-based design jobs will be created shortly as a result of their Super Express proposals. Construction of the first 70 of the total 1,400 Super Express vehicles will be done in Japan.

Transport: Schools

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his Department's publication Travelling to School: An Action Plan, whether his Department has estimated the number of cars on the school run on urban roads in the morning peak traffic period during term time.

Paul Clark: Data on the number of cars on the school run are not available centrally. However, figures on the proportion of car trips in the morning peak period in urban areas which were taking children to school are published in "National Travel Survey: 2006". This publication is available on the Department for Transport's website at:
	http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/personal/mainresults/nts2006/

Departmental Absenteeism

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on  (a) 2 February 2009 and  (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of the (i) cost to his Department and (ii) number of working hours lost as a result of such absence; and what guidance his Department issued to staff in respect of absence on those days.

Ivan Lewis: Information on how many staff in the Department for International Development (DFID) were recorded absent due to non-medical reasons on  (a) 2 February 2009 and  (b) 3 February 2009; plus (i) the associated cost of such absence, and (ii) the number of working hours lost due to such absence cannot be provided because the information is not held centrally.
	It is for individual staff to agree holidays or time off from work or alternative arrangements to work from home with their line managers.
	On 2 February 2009, guidance was issued stating that given the severe disruption to transport and schools we were not expecting most London based staff to be able to get to work. Staff were advised to do whatever work they could from home, otherwise the absence would not be treated as a day of leave. London-based staff who were able to get in were advised to leave work in good time to get home because of the transport disruption and the expectation that the snow would get worse.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will place in the Library a copy of his reply to the letter of 12 February 2009 from the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk on his Department's Spring Supplementary Estimates.

Douglas Alexander: The letter sent to the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Mr. Moore) on the Department's spring supplementary estimates will be placed in the Library.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 100-01WS, on departmental expenditure limits, what the  (a) nature and  (b) location of the work undertaken by locally-engaged staff in Iraq in respect of which his Department plans to transfer £300,000 to the Ministry of Defence was.

Douglas Alexander: Locally engaged staff, referred to in the written ministerial statement of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 100-01WS, were employed to support the delivery of the Department for International Development's (DFID) programmes in Iraq. Work included project administration and translation. The staff were located at DFID's offices in Baghdad and Basra.

Developing Countries: HIV Infection

Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in developing countries directly affected by HIV/AIDS; and what percentage of such people have access to HIV/AIDS treatments.

Ivan Lewis: The Department for International Development relies on data produced by UNAIDS. The global AIDS epidemic is stabilising but at an unacceptably high level. According to the 2008 report on the global AIDS epidemic, published by UNAIDS worldwide, there were an estimated 33 million (30-36 million) people living with HIV in 2007. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV, accounting for 67 per cent. of all people living with HIV and for 75 per cent. of AIDS deaths in 2007.
	By the end of 2007, antiretroviral drugs reached three million people in low and middle-income countries, representing 31 per cent. of estimated global need, and a 45 per cent. improvement over the position in 2006.
	Further data available from UNAIDS 2008 report on the global AIDS epidemic is available at:
	http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/GlobalReport/2008/2008_Global_report.asp

Sudan: Overseas Aid

Tom Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of reports of the expulsion of aid workers from Darfur.

Douglas Alexander: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that the recent directive by the Government of Sudan to expel 13 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) could reduce the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Darfur by 50 per cent. Over 1 million Darfuris may lose access to drinking water, 1.1 million may not receive food aid, and 1.5 million could lose access to basic health care. OCHA believes that the expulsions would
	"fundamentally undermine the operational capacity of the UN".
	The UK ambassador is pressing GoS to reverse this decision, and the UN Secretary-General and the European Commission have both made public statements to this effect. The UK is in close touch with the NGOs affected, as well as with the UN and other partners. We will continue to monitor developments closely and seek to ensure continued humanitarian assistance for the people of Darfur.

Trade Agreements: International Cooperation

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made on the G20 pledge to agree the modalities of a world trade agreement by the end of 2008; what assessment he has made of the prospects for completion of the Doha round in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: Although the Prime Minister and UK Ministers worked tirelessly in support of a successful outcome to the Doha Development Agenda negotiations, WTO director general, Pascal Lamy confirmed at the Trade Negotiating Council (TNC) on 17 December that it would no longer be possible to achieve agriculture and NAMA (industrial goods) modalities by the end of 2008.
	The current negotiating texts, however, do provide a good basis for future negotiations. In 2009, our priority is to work towards ministerial agreement of modalities; we will continue to work to achieve this.

Written Questions: Government Responses

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he plans to answer Question 251225, tabled on 21 January 2009, on the Doha round of world trade talks.

Gareth Thomas: The answer to question 251225 has been issued.

Zimbabwe: Malnutrition

Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of people in Zimbabwe who are reliant upon international food aid; and if he will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: UN figures suggest that seven million people will have received food aid in Zimbabwe by February 2009. The next harvest—which will be collected in April—is likely to be slightly better for those who managed to plant seeds. However, as a result of an NGO ban during the election period last year, distribution of agricultural inputs was delayed and some people were unable to access the fertiliser they needed for a good crop. While an accurate estimate of the harvest will be done in March, early projections suggest a similar scale of food insecurity is anticipated in 2009-10 with a peak before next year's harvest.
	The NGO ban and the failure of the Government of Zimbabwe to import their agreed quota of food have made this a particularly challenging situation. The international community has shown considerable flexibility in ensuring that the basic food needs of the people of Zimbabwe are largely being met but more support will continue to be needed next year.

Equality

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 
	(1)  when he plans to publish his Department's progress review on work with its public bodies on ensuring that diversity is built into governance regimes; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  when he expects to publish his Department's review on work with its public bodies on ensuring that diversity is built into their governance regimes; and if he will make a statement.

Andy Burnham: I plan to publish details of the composition of our NDPB boards, as part of a Departmental Appointments Plan, in April.

Licensing Laws: Bureaucracy

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 
	(1)  what administrative cost reductions his Department has identified which have resulted from the entry into force of the Gambling Act 2005;
	(2)  what administrative cost reductions his Department has identified which have resulted from the entry into force of the Licensing Act 2003.

Gerry Sutcliffe: DCMS continues to take significant steps towards reducing administrative burdens arising from its legislation. The latest simplification plan, the third one produced by DCMS, sets out progress to date and details of the forthcoming measures that will be implemented during 2009. Details can be found at the following web address:
	http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/Simplification_Plan_2008.pdf
	DCMS has exceeded its baseline target to deliver a 43 per cent. reduction in administrative burdens. This has been achieved in large part by the changes to the regulatory regimes under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005 which consolidated a number of separate pieces of legislation.
	With the assistance of an expert panel last year, DCMS carried out a costing exercise of the Gambling Act 2005 using the standard cost model. This was a commitment from the previous plan and looked at the administrative costs of the previous regime compared with the new one established under the Act. It found that the administrative burden of the 2005 Act stands at £17.4 million annually which is a reduction from the baseline of the previous regime which was estimated by PricewaterhouseCoopers to be £74 million annually.
	In respect of the Licensing Act 2003, the savings to the industry from reduced administrative burdens, validated by an expert panel including industry representatives, is about £99 million annually against a baseline established by PricewaterhouseCoopers in May 2005. The 2003 Licensing Act came into full operation in November 2005 and aggregate savings since then exceed £300 million.

Museums and Galleries: VAT

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the retail prices for entry and guided tours have been reduced as a result of the December 2008 reduction in value added tax in  (a) the Wallace Collection,  (b) the Victoria and Albert Museum,  (c) the Tate,  (d) the Royal Armouries Museum,  (e) Sir John Soane's Museum,  (f) the Natural History Museum,  (g) the National Maritime Museum,  (h) the National Museum of Science and Industry,  (i) the National Gallery,  (j) the Geffrye Museum and  (k) the Horniman Public Museum.

Andy Burnham: Entrance to the museums listed is free, with the exception of the Tate St Ives. Services offered by the museums are often free or where charges are made, they have fully reflected the reduction in VAT. Exceptions to this, where the museums have handled the rate change in VAT in different ways are summarised in the following list. The remainder of the museums have either fully passed on the reduction or either do not offer or charge for guided tours.
	 1. Victoria and Albert Museum
	The museum consolidated the VAT reduction for paying exhibitions into the ticket groups which it is believes will benefit the most. These are the concession rates for students, the unemployed and 12-17 year olds. Audio guides are supplied under contract by an external company, who have not reduced the unit price.
	 2. Tate
	The Tate has not reduced charges for guided tours where a fee is incurred, as all guided tours are pre-booked. As a result the tours have been previously advertised and invoiced at the pre-VAT reduction price. The cost of changing this negated any reduction that might have been passed on. However, tour prices which would normally have increased in January 2009, were held at 2008 prices. The gallery's audio guides are supplied under contract by an external company, who have not reduced the unit price.
	 3. National Maritime Museum
	The only current admissions charge is for the Peter Harrison Planetarium, where no adjustment has been made for the reduction in VAT as the effect on price was considered too small. The museum decided instead to freeze Planetarium ticket prices for next year. During the most recent paying exhibition, the museum experimented with audio guide pricing and prices were varied on a number of occasions. Since 11 January 2009 the audio guides have been free of charge. Prior to this, where charges were made at varying rates, the price was not adjusted to reflect the reduction in VAT.
	 4. National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI)
	The museum has applied the VAT reduction to entry charges over £10.00. This includes special exhibitions and IMAX. audio guides are only available at one of the NMSI's branches, the National Railway Museum, where no adjustment was made for the reduction in VAT as the charge for these are under £10.00.
	 5. National Gallery
	Prices for paying exhibitions have not been reduced as a result of the reduction in VAT. The price reduction was considered not material and would have produced an unwieldy pricing structure. Instead ticket prices are being held without increase throughout 2009. Guided tours, which are part of the gallery's education programme are exempt from VAT. Audio guides for the main collection are by voluntary donation. A charge is made for audio guides for temporary exhibitions which has not been reduced as a result of the reduction in VAT. The first guide produced following the VAT reduction was an improved product with increased production costs which were not passed on to the public as the charge was held at previous levels.
	 6. Geffrye Museum
	Guided tours and audio guides are charged at a nominal rate and prices have not been reduced as a result of the reduction in VAT, as the effect on price is considered too small.

National Lottery: Complaints

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009,  Official Report, column 892W, on National Lottery: complaints, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the National Lottery Commission and Camelot implement lessons learned from complaints handled on a case-by-case basis; and if he will make a statement.

Barbara Follett: Both the National Lottery Commission and Camelot aim to provide a fair, transparent and accountable procedure for handling complaints from whatever source and by whichever channel of communication they are received. Complaints received by the Commission are logged and considered by a consumer protection team which reports quarterly to the Commissioners. This allows for trends in complaints or unusual cases to be escalated within the Commission and the appropriate action to be taken. As a matter of course, for every complaint received, Camelot reviews whether lessons can be learned and, if practicable, these are then implemented.

Tourism: South West

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many  (a) domestic and  (b) overseas visitors visited (i) North Wiltshire constituency, (ii) Wiltshire and (iii) the South West in each year since 1997; and what the average spend per person per day was in each case.

Barbara Follett: VisitBritain have advised that, due to changes in the methodology used in the United Kingdom Tourism Survey, the information on domestic visits in the form requested is only available from 2006. Domestic visit figures before this date were collected in a way which is not consistent with the new methodology and are, therefore not comparable.
	VisitBritain have also advised that information on overseas visits is held from 1999 at a national and regional level but that it is not available at a constituency level.
	Therefore, the following table sets out the number of  (a) domestic and  (b) overseas visits to (i) Wiltshire and (ii) the South West in each year for which the information is available; and what the average spend per person, per day, was in each case(1):
	 Source:
	(1)( )United Kingdom Tourism Survey, which provides details of the number of visits rather than the number of visitors.
	
		
			   Domestic staying visits ( Thousand )  Domestic spend per visitor per day (£)  Inbound staying visits ( Thousand )  Inbound spend per visitor per day (£) 
			   Wiltshire  South West  Wiltshire  South West  Wiltshire  South West  Wiltshire  South West 
			 1999 — — — — 270 1,600 48 42 
			 2000 — — — — 250 1,630 49 42 
			 2001 — — — — 160 1,370 53 40 
			 2002 — — — — 210 1,430 59 46 
			 2003 — — — — 240 1,880 31 41 
			 2004 — — — — 280 2,030 41 43 
			 2005 — — — — 280 2,140 40 49 
			 2006 1,590 20,310 42 47 270 2,230 42 41 
			 2007 1,290 20,460 51 48 280 2,250 46 43

Absenteeism

Lee Scott: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many House of Commons staff were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on (a) 2 February 2009 and (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of the (i) cost to the Commission and (ii) number of working hours lost as a result of such absence; and what guidance is issued to staff in respect of absence on those days.

Nick Harvey: On 2 February 459 staff were recorded as absent from work owing to the adverse weather and the disruption to travel services and 64 were recorded similarly on 3 February. A number of those absent were able to work remotely from home and the House was able to continue sitting with reasonable services provided for Members. The figures do not include absences due to illness, training courses or planned annual leave. Figures for the cost and the number of working hours lost are not available. Managers' attention was drawn to the standing instructions in the Staff Handbook which require staff to make every reasonable effort to get to work during a transport emergency, but give managers discretion to allow special leave where appropriate. The Staff Handbook is available on the parliamentary intranet.

Audio Recordings

David Amess: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the House of Commons Commission will place on the Parliamentary (a) intranet and (b) internet site a sound recording of the debate held on the Motion on Her Majesty's Government on 28 March 1979; and if he will make a statement.

Nick Harvey: A history area of the website is planned, and this is the sort of material which will be considered for inclusion. In the meantime any hon. Member can obtain an audio copy of the debate from the Parliamentary Recording Unit.

Parliamentary Education Unit

David Amess: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what materials are produced by the Parliamentary Education Service for (a) schools and (b) individual pupils; what publications are planned during the next year; and if he will make a statement.

Nick Harvey: The Education Service produces a range of materials about Parliament, the work of Members (of both Houses), and political literacy generally. All resources are provided free to schools. While many of the materials are suitable for use by individual pupils, they are primarily used in the classroom. One publication targeted at pupils directly is the young person's guide entitled 'The Houses of Parliament', which is distributed to all school-aged visitors taking a tour of Parliament.
	Teaching resources currently in print include a range of different booklets targeted at pupils from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 5 (covering ages seven to 18). There is also a set of four films on DVD, including the award-winning 'Democracy? You Decide' and 'You've Got the Power'. The latter has just been updated and is available with a teacher's booklet for three age groups. It is also being made available on Parliament's YouTube channel
	www.youtube.com/UKParliament
	The Education Service relaunched its website
	www.parliament.uk/education
	in October 2008. This provides a variety of resources which can be used online and also downloaded, including all the printed publications together with information pages, lesson plans, films, virtual tours of Parliament, games and activities, and podcasts. Users can also subscribe to a monthly electronic newsletter. The Education Service will provide materials on request to Members to support their work with schools.
	Plans for the next financial year include the provision of a new set of printed publications to replace and consolidate the existing booklets which have been in use for a number of years. The new publications are being designed to support more directly the citizenship and politics curricula. New content is also being commissioned for the website, including interactive games. There are also plans to replace the films and other content following the next general election.

Council Housing: Greater London

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, columns 540-01W, on council housing: Greater London, when she expects the new analytical model to be in use by her Department; and if she will make a statement.

Iain Wright: We expect the housing need analytical model to be in use within Communities and Local Government by autumn 2009.

Council Tax: Rents

Paddy Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average council tax bill per resident issued by each county council in England was in 2008-09.

John Healey: County councils do not issue council tax bills themselves. They do, however, levy a precept on lower tier authorities who then collect the council tax on their behalf.
	Details of the county council's own average council tax requirement (in £) per resident of each county council in England for 2008-09 are shown in the following table. These do not include the council tax requirement of the lower tier authorities or any other authorities that precept on the lower tier authorities.
	The data are calculated from the council tax requirement as stated on the authorities' Budget Requirement form for 2008-09 submitted to Communities and Local Government divided by the mid-2007 population estimates.

Councillors: Arun

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 19 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1072W, on councillors: Arun, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Code of Data Matching Practice.

Sadiq Khan: A copy of the Audit Commission's Code of Data Matching Practice has been placed in the Library.

Households

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households there are in the UK; and how many are classified as  (a) retired,  (b) non-retired and  (c) non-retired with children.

Iain Wright: The latest estimates based on 2008 ONS Labour Force Survey data are:
	
		
			   Number (million) 
			 Total number of households in the UK 25.7 
			 Retired households 6.5 
			 Non-retired households 19.2 
			 Non-retired with children aged 0 to 15 6.6 
		
	
	Retired households are defined as those whose household reference person is retired.

Housing: Standards

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment she has made of the effects of the bringing forward of capital spending announced in the pre-Budget report 2008 on the  (a) Decent Homes programme,  (b) provision of social rented housing and  (c) numbers of repairs to council house stock; and what progress has been made against the objective of assisting key regeneration and housing infrastructure projects.

Iain Wright: In the pre-Budget report (PBR) we announced additional brought forward expenditure to sustain and accelerate the Decent Homes programme in 2009-10. Significant elements of this will support expenditure above existing national budgets provided to schemes previously identified by partners in the ALMO and transfer programmes. Additional brought forward capital, up to a maximum total value of £100 million, will be available to ALMOs in 2009-10 and the HCA has written to ALMO chief executives on the process for accessing this.
	We also announced that £175 million would be brought forward from 2010-11 for major repairs to council housing stock, CLG has written separately to councils and ALMO chief executives on the process for accessing this resource. CLG and the HCA are currently reviewing bids for funding so no assessment of the effects of the bringing forward of capital spending can be made yet.
	The PBR also brought funds of £150 million from 2010-11 into 2009-10 within the Homes and Communities Agency's Affordable Housing Programme (AHP). These funds will be utilised next year in the delivery of social rented homes within the overall AHP.

Mobile Homes

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how many occasions park homes site licences have been revoked as a result of breaches of the provisions of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 on the part of the site owner in the last 10 years.

Iain Wright: A site licence may only be revoked if there have been two or more breaches of conditions in the licence. Section 5 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 specifies the types of conditions that a local authority can attach to a site licence. That power does not extend to attaching a condition relating to the compliance by the licence holder of the provisions in the Mobile Homes Act 1983. Therefore, no local authority in England would be able to revoke a licence because of a breach of that act.

Mobile Homes

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress her Department has made on proposals contained in the consultation paper, A New Approach for Resolving Disputes and to Proceedings Relating to Park Homes under the Mobile Homes Act 1983.

Iain Wright: My Department is currently studying the responses received to the proposals and I intend to announce the way forward shortly.

Mobile Homes

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she plans to revise the booklet, Mobile Homes: A Guide for Residents and Site Owners, published by her Department in 2000.

Iain Wright: We are shortly publishing a series of park home fact sheets that will be helpful to residents and site owners. They will cover:
	Pitch fees and other charges;
	Selling a park home;
	Qualifying residents' associations; and
	Residents' rights and obligations.
	Therefore we have no plans to revise the booklet, Mobile. Homes: A Guide for Residents and Site Owners.

Mortgages: Government Assistance

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  what estimate she has made of the number of home repossessions which have not taken place as a result of support provided by the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme;
	(2)  how many people have deferred their mortgage interest payments under the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme.

Margaret Beckett: We expect the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme to be open for business with the first lenders in April now that the Banking Act, which is the legislative vehicle we have used to enable us to do this, has gained Royal Assent (on 12 February). The draft Master Guarantee is currently with lenders. We will publish a full impact assessment when the Master Guarantee Deed has been finalised.

Ordnance Survey: Visits Abroad

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the ministerial correction of 29 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 3-6MC, on Ordnance Survey: visits abroad, what the purpose was of each foreign visit listed.

Iain Wright: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) on 5 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1436W. The table showing the countries and cities visited by Ordnance Survey in the time period specified along with the purpose for each visit, which was deposited in the Library in response to that question, includes all of the destinations identified in the ministerial correction of 29 January 2009.
	In some cases the location listed was an intermediate business stop during a longer journey to other listed destinations.

Regional Development Agencies

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers regional development agencies will have in respect of local planning authorities' local development frameworks when the new regional strategies are implemented.

Iain Wright: The regional development agencies will have no new powers in respect of local planning authorities' local development framework when the new arrangements for single regional strategy are implemented. In accordance with existing regulations in the Town & Country Planning (Local Development)(England) regulations 2004 (Statutory Instrument 2204) the local authority is already required to consult the RDAs whose areas are in or adjoins that of the LPA during the preparation of local development framework.

Regional Planning and Development: EC Grants and Loans

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her most recent estimate is of the average cost of fire and rescue service attendance at an incident.

Sadiq Khan: Estimates for 2004 suggests that the average cost in response of attending an incident in England and Wales was £2,289.

Rented Housing

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the proposed percentage change in guidelines rents in housing revenue account subsidy is for next year; and what the percentage change has been in each year since 1997.

Iain Wright: Housing Revenue Account Subsidy Determinations issued in previous years have not generally provided a percentage for the average national guideline rent increase over the previous year.
	The following table provides the average guideline rent increase calculated from figures issued in the 2009-10 determination, and the Department's assessments of average increases in previous years.
	
		
			   Percentage 
			 2002-03 5.65 
			 2003-04 5.53 
			 2004-05 6.56 
			 2005-06 6.77 
			 2006-07 6.26 
			 2007-08 7.10 
			 2008-09 5.70 
			 2009-10 6.19 
		
	
	Guideline rents are calculated using the rent restructuring formula, a system which commenced in 2002-03.
	The Minister for Housing and Planning announced on 6 March that Communities and Local Government will shortly be consulting local authorities on a reduced national average guideline rent increase of 3.1 per cent. for 2009-10. This halves the existing national increase of 6.2 per cent. in recognition of the current difficult economic times.

Trade Unions

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which trade unions are recognised in her Department.

Sadiq Khan: The following trade unions are officially recognised by the Department and its agencies to represent members of staff: The FDA, Prospect, and the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).
	In addition, the Fire Service College, an Executive Agency of the Department, also recognises the General Municipal and Boilermakers Union (GMB) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).

Waste Management

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts produced by the Audit Commission's Director of Studies on the challenges for municipal waste management for the Waste Management Finance Forum on 22 January 2009.

Sadiq Khan: A copy of the presentation to the Waste Management Finance Forum in January 2009 by the Audit Commission's Director of Studies has been placed in the Library.

Income Support: Lone Parents

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of lone parents with children aged  (a) under three,  (b) three to six and  (c) over six years old will be moved from income support on to jobseeker's allowance; and when such moves will take place.

Kitty Ussher: In the White Paper, "Raising Expectations and increasing support: reforming welfare for the future" (Cm 7506, published in December 2008), we said that the next natural step towards a simplified benefit system should be the abolition of income support which would take us to a dual-benefits system based around jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance.
	Provisions to enable this are included in the current Welfare Reform Bill. Subject to the passage of this legislation and as resources allow, we will consider further the timeframe for taking forward income support abolition.
	There are currently around 460,000 lone parents on income support with a youngest child aged less than seven, around 230,000 with a youngest child aged nought to two, and around 230,000 with a youngest child aged three to six. We are unable to predict accurately how many lone parents may move from income support to jobseeker's allowance when income support is abolished. Even in the case when income support is abolished there are no plans to require single parents with children under 7 to take up employment, even if they are receiving jobseeker's allowance.
	As a result of the provisions of the Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous) Regulations 2008, lone parents with a child aged seven or over will no longer be able to claim income support solely on the grounds of being a lone parent.
	Based on internal analysis carried out for departmental planning purposes, it has been estimated that around 45 per cent. of lone parents with older children moved off income support as part of these changes will make a claim for jobseeker's allowance. Others may apply for appropriate benefits such as employment and support allowance.
	The following table shows the number of lone parents with older children on income support who we expect to apply for jobseeker's allowance in each quarter to May 2011.
	
		
			  Quarter ending  Number of lone parents moving from income support to jobseeker's allowance 
			  2009  
			 May 23,200 
			 August 9,200 
			 November 16,500 
			  2010  
			 February 11,150 
			 May 14,900 
			 August 18,700 
			 November 6,600 
			  2011  
			 February 35,300 
			 May 17,700 
			  Notes: 1. Figures based on internal assumptions and analysis of DWP administrative data. 2. Figures rounded to the nearest 50. 3. Existing claimants with children aged 14-15 will begin to be moved off income support from March 2009. Existing claimants with children aged seven to eight will have their entitlement ended between January and April 2011. 4. The total number of lone parents moved from income support to jobseeker's allowance exceeds the number of lone parents with children aged seven and over currently on income support as it includes lone parents with younger children who reach age seven over the period. 5. There will be a continuing number of lone parents moved off income support and onto jobseeker's allowance after May 2011 resulting from those on income support whose children reach age seven.

Official Cars

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what cars are  (a) owned,  (b) leased,  (c) hired and  (d) otherwise regularly used by his Department, broken down by cubic capacity of engine.

Jonathan R Shaw: The information requested about  (a) owned  (b) leased and  (c) hired cars is provided in the following table.
	In relation to  (d) cars otherwise regularly used, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Hoon) on 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 10W, about cars provided by the Government Car and Despatch Agency.
	
		
			  Capacity (cc)  (a)  Owned  (b)  Leased( 1)  (c)  Hired( 2) 
			 1.0 to 1.3 0 92 2,300 
			 1.4 and 1.5 0 308 6,464 
			 1.6 and 1.7 0 1,344 9,260 
			 1.7 upwards 0 1,239 3,420 
			 Undefined 0 10 273 
			 Total 0 2,993 21,717 
			 (1 )The figures provided in the table on leased cars represent the number of cars leased in the period April 2008 to 21 January 2009. (2) Car hire figures cover the period April to November 2008, the most recent month for which figures are available.

Winter Fuel Payments: Kingston Upon Thames

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames  (a) who reached the age of 80 in 2008 and  (b) in total have not qualified for winter fuel payments because their birthday was later than 15 September 2008.

Rosie Winterton: Winter fuel payments of £250 are available to individuals who are aged 60 or over by the set qualifying week (15-21 September for winter 2008-09). Where an individual is aged 80 or over in this qualifying week, they may be eligible to receive an amount of £400 for 2008-09.
	Information regarding the number of people in the boroughs of Richmond-upon-Thames and Kingston-upon-Thames who have not qualified for the higher payment of £400 due to their 80th birthday being later than the week commencing 15 September, is not available. I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave on 25 February 2009,  Official Report, column 790W. This answer gives information about the position in Great Britain.

Anti-Semitism

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what records his Department holds on reports of anti-Semitism in other countries; and if he will make a statement.

Gillian Merron: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) posts report on anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination overseas. Details of these are published in the FCO Annual Report on Human Rights. We condemn anti-Semitism wherever and whenever it occurs and are working with the International Coalition Combating Anti-Semitism to monitor and tackle anti-Semitism in the UK and overseas.

Burma: Ethnic Groups

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Burmese authorities on the treatment of the Karen people.

Bill Rammell: The regular reports of human rights abuses in Karen state, in particular in areas where conflict causes continuous fear and suffering, is deplorable and highlights the need for a comprehensive and just settlement of Burma's ethnic conflicts that will support an enduring peace.
	Our ambassador in Rangoon regularly raises with the Burmese regime the need for the full and fair participation of ethnic nationalities in the political process and for a fair peace settlement that would bring an end to the conflict. Our ambassador calls on the Burmese regime to work with the UN, including the International Labour Organisation and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, to investigate abuses. We also use every opportunity to raise the issue in the international arena, including the UN General Assembly.
	A just and inclusive political settlement lies at the core of a prosperous and peaceful future for all the peoples of Burma and there can be little prospect of national reconciliation without genuine recognition of political, economic and social rights of ethnic minority groups, including the Karen.

Cayman Islands: Crimes of Violence

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what incidents of violent crime took place on the Cayman Islands in each of the last five years.

Gillian Merron: The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) has provided the following statistics on incidents of violent crime for the period 2005-08 (the RCIPS keep statistics for four years only):
	
		
			   Number 
			 2008 680 
			 2007 1,079 
			 2006 877 
			 2005 732

Cayman Islands: Nature Conservation

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what endangered species there are in the Cayman Islands; and what steps are being taken to promote conservation and preserve levels of biodiversity there.

Gillian Merron: The International Union for Conservation of Nature has identified the species listed in the following table, which are found in the Cayman Islands, as endangered species. The management and protection of the environment has been devolved to the individual Overseas Territories. However, we recognise that there are capacity limitations in the Overseas Territories and that they need help to address conservation issues. The Government supports the Overseas Territories by providing funding through the Overseas Territories Environment Programme, a joint Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development funded programme, and through the Darwin Initiative, a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs funded programme, to encourage the conservation and preservation of biodiversity in the Cayman Islands.
	
		
			  Scientific names  Common names 
			 Cerion nanus None 
			 Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback, leathery turtle, luth, trunkback turtle 
			 Epinephelus itajara Goliath grouper, jewfish 
			 Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill turtle 
			 Cyclura lewisi Cayman Island ground iguana, Grand Cayman blue iguana, Grand Cayman iguana 
			 Caretta caretta Loggerhead 
			 Chelonia mydas Green turtle 
			 Epinephelus striatus Nassau grouper 
			 Pterodroma hasitata Black-capped petrel 
			 Swietenia mahagoni American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, small-leaved mahogany, West Indian mahogany

China: Press Freedom

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration he gave to designating  (a) China and  (b) Russia as countries where there is an absence of free and independent media for the purposes of his Department's 2007 operational agreement with the BBC World Service.

Caroline Flint: In the operating agreement, signed between the BBC World Service and BBC Trust (not an agreement with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), China and Russia are included as
	'developing markets in which the BBC World Service should provide international and regional news, complementing local broadcasters, targeting opinion formers and decision makers in English and local languages'.
	The extent to which free and independent media exists in a country is always taken into consideration.

Departmental Absenteeism

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on  (a) 2 February 2009 and  (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of the (i) cost to his Department and (ii) number of working hours lost as a result of such absence; and what guidance his Department issued to staff in respect of absence on those days.

Gillian Merron: The number of Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff recorded as absent due to non-medical reasons on 2 and 3 February 2009 is as follows:
	2 February 200—157 officers
	3 February 2009—116 officers
	These figures are for UK civil servants only and include staff on pre-approved annual leave, administrative leave and special paid leave. The figures exclude any officers who were absent on the dates specified due to certified or uncertified sick leave, special unpaid leave or maternity leave.
	In the event of adverse weather and disruption to transport, we expect staff to make every effort to attend their normal place of work where it is safe to do so (taking account of advice from the emergency services). When severe weather prevents staff travelling to work, we expect them to discuss the following options with their line managers:
	working at another FCO site
	working from home
	if working flexi-time, recording some or all of the time as flexi leave
	if not working flexi-time, making up the hours (e.g. staggered hours)
	taking annual leave for the period of non-attendance.

Departmental Freedom of Information

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 his Department received in  (a) 2006,  (b) 2007 and  (c) from January to July 2008.

Gillian Merron: The available statistical information regarding freedom of information requests received by departments can be found on the Ministry of Justice website at
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/freedomofinformation quarterly.htm

Departmental Public Relations

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 6 October 2008,  Official Report, columns 219-20W, on departmental public relations, in what area of work the external public relations firms were engaged; and for what reasons in-house communications staff were not used in each instance.

Gillian Merron: Public relations firms were engaged in providing professional services such as project implementation, engaging with local media contacts and providing local market expertise. These services are used to enhance existing resources.
	Hill and Knowlton provide such services to UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) across the Asia-Pacific region to promote the UK as an inward investment location. In the financial year 2007-08, UKTI calculated that for every £1 spent £8 in PR value was generated for the British economy.
	Lexis Public Relations were used in the United States. These projects supported British business overseas in the US and established the UK as a high value destination for direct foreign investment.
	Trimedia are a local Moroccan newspaper used to advertise a local job at our embassy in Rabat in 2006.

Foreign Policy

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1527W, on international relations, for what reasons he did not provide the information requested in the question; and if he will now do so.

David Miliband: We are constantly expanding our dialogue on international institutions with a range of countries, not least because of the London summit. The original list of countries has been overtaken as part of our expanding dialogue.

Group of Twenty: London Summit

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has budgeted for hospitality to be provided to  (a) Secretaries of State and Ministers,  (b) civil servants,  (c) special advisers, (d) foreign heads of state and government and  (e) ministers of foreign governments at the G20 summit in London in April 2009.

Gillian Merron: The planning for the London Summit in April 2009 is still being formulated. Any hospitality offered by the Government during the Summit will be commensurate with the nature of the occasion.

Group Of Twenty: London Summit

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest estimate is of the cost of  (a) establishing and  (b) operating the website www.londonsummit.gov.uk.

Gillian Merron: There was no additional cost establishing the London Summit website as it was built on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's existing web platform using existing staff resources.
	The London Summit website is updated using existing staff resources seconded from other projects at no additional cost.
	We have employed two moderating editors with a background in economics and journalism to assist us with generating and moderating content for the London Summit website. The cost of employing them until 2 April 2009 will be £51,318.75.

Group Of Twenty: London Summit

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate has been made of the cost of hospitality for the G20 Summit for  (a) the Prime Minister,  (b) Secretaries of State and Ministers,  (c) civil servants,  (d) special advisers,  (e) foreign heads of state and  (f) ministers of foreign governments.

Gillian Merron: The planning for the London Summit in April 2009 is still being formulated. Any hospitality offered by the Government during the Summit will be commensurate with the nature of the occasion.

Guantanamo Bay: Detainees

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has  (a) received representations from and  (b) held discussions with the government of Ethiopia on the Guantanamo detainee Mr Binyam Mohamed; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: We have not received any representations from the Government of Ethiopia on Mr. Binyam Mohamed's case. We informed the Government of Ethiopia in August 2007 of our decision to seek Mr. Mohamed's release and return to the UK. We have sought to keep the Government of Ethiopia informed on developments in his case.

Iran: Foreign Relations

Bernard Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the statement by the UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations broadcast on 21 February on the responsibility of the Iranian government for the deaths of British service personnel in Iraq, what representations were made to the Iranian government at the time this knowledge came into the possession of the British Government; what other actions were  (a) considered and  (b) implemented at the time; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: We have been aware for some time of Iranian interference in Iraq and in particular Iran's provision of lethal aid to Iraqi militia groups. We have evidence to suggest that a significant proportion of the equipment and armaments used by insurgents against our forces in Iraq was of Iranian origin, or had been transited through Iran.
	As Iraq's neighbour Iran should have an important role in helping to build a stable and secure Iraq, but instead Iran is undermining stability by supplying weapons, funding and training to militia groups and through political interference and bribery. This action only serves to undermine security in Iraq and should not be tolerated. Both the Government and the Iraqi government have raised Iranian interference in Iraq with the Iranian authorities on many occasions. We and the Government of Iraq will continue to send strong messages that it is not in Iran's interest to destabilise southern Iraq.

Russia: Press Freedom

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how frequently he meets managers at the BBC World Service; at how many such meetings the political and media environment in Russia has been discussed; and what information his Department provides to the BBC World Service on developments in such environments.

Caroline Flint: The BBC World Service and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have a formal cycle of business meetings, which include quarterly meetings between the FCO Director of Communications and the Director, BBC World Service; a programme of regional reviews; an annual meeting between the BBC chairman and the FCO Minister responsible for Public Diplomacy; and quarterly Public Diplomacy Board meetings; as well as informal day to day contact. The political and media environment in Russia has been discussed at a number of these meetings.

Torture

Malcolm Rifkind: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 17 July 2008,  Official Report, columns 682-3W, on British nationality: torture, what consideration his Department has given to breaking down collated data into specific details of alleged mistreatment; and what consideration his Department has given to collating records prior to April 2005.

Gillian Merron: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have considered keeping statistics for different types of mistreatment. However in view of the wide range of allegations and the difficulties in classifying individual incidents it was concluded that this exercise would not add meaningful value to the records already held.
	Given that no records were collated prior to 1 April 2005 examining the large number of individual case files to collate records would incur a disproportionate cost.

Turkey: Human Rights

Chris Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of Turkey on Turkish compliance with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Varnava and others on persons who disappeared following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974; and if he will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not raised any missing persons cases recently with his Turkish interlocutors.
	The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus carries out important humanitarian work, identifying and returning the remains of those who lost their lives during this period. We attach great importance to their work and welcome the progress of the Committee since its launch in August 2006. The UK contributes to the funding of the programme annually through the EU and through bilateral donations.

Departmental Rail Travel

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the cost to his Department was of travel by train by its staff in each year since 1997.

Paul Murphy: Having to support all functions from offices in both Cardiff and London, Wales Office incurs considerable travelling costs. The figures requested are:
	
		
			   £ 
			 2004-05 88,613 
			 2005-06 112,003 
			 2006-07 99,253 
			 2007-08 129,763 
		
	
	We do not hold the details requested for previous years.

Energy: Advisory Services

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many one-stop advice centres have been set-up through the Energy Saving Trust; and how many people have used each.

Joan Ruddock: The Energy Saving Trust has just begun running a nationwide network of 21 regional Energy Saving Trust Advice Centres (ESTACs). The centres were set up last year with the final advice centre opening in December 2008. The regional advice centres provide a one-stop shop offering consumers a range of free and impartial advice on how to reduce their carbon footprint including energy efficiency, microgeneration and renewable energy, low carbon transport, water efficiency and waste reduction and a range of independent services that will help them action that advice.
	The Energy Saving Trust has provided the following table to show the number of customer contacts each centre has had since it opened. This is any interaction where a customer has been provided with advice, which includes all in-bound and outbound calls, responses to Home Energy Checks (HEC) and outreach events. The ESTACs replace the Energy Efficiency Advice Centres (EEAC) which ceased operating once an ESTAC opened up in their region.
	These figures are for the early stages of the ESTACs. Once the ESTACS are fully up in running they will be supporting over one million customers annually.
	
		
			  Regional breakdown of customer contacts April 2008 to December 2008 
			   Total 
			 Energy Efficiency Advice Centres 284,931 
			   
			 Energy Saving Trust Advice Centres  
			 Anglia(1) 43,803 
			 London 116,276 
			 North East 68,339 
			 Northern Ireland 52,624 
			 Wales 53,361 
			 North West 1 Merseyside AND Cheshire 42,009 
			 North West 2 Greater Manchester 45,755 
			 West Midlands 17,171 
			 East Midlands 6,617 
			 North West 3 Cumbria and Lancs. 38,381 
			 Yorkshire and Humber 1 N Yorks 10,529 
			 Yorkshire and Humber 2 S and W Yorks. 33,098 
			 South West 17,129 
			 South East 1 Berks 24,763 
			 South East 2 Kent 32,617 
			 Eastern 1 Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge 8,125 
			 Eastern 2 Essex, Herts and Beds 5,938 
			 Total customer contacts 901,466 
			 (1) The advice centre in the Anglian region was replaced after a pilot in October 2008 by the Eastern 1 region.

EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which modelling and datasets his Department uses to assess the likely effects on carbon prices of including forest credits in the EU emissions trading scheme; and what recent assessment he has made of such likely effects.

Joan Ruddock: Forestry credits are not currently included in the EU Emissions Trading System (EUETS). The future provisions for land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) in a future climate agreement will be negotiated in Copenhagen in December 2009. In the event that an agreement is reached, the European Commission is required to assess the case for inclusion of LULUCF, including avoided deforestation, in the EU ETS.
	Before forestry credits could be included in the EU ETS further understanding will be required of the effect of inclusion on the carbon price. Modelling commissioned by the independent Eliasch Review has helped to inform Government policy on assessing the likely effects on carbon prices of including forest credits in the EU ETS, and future carbon market scenarios.
	The core scenario modelled for the review used DECC's EU ETS Model combined with the UK Office of Climate Change's Global Carbon Finance (GLOCAF) model (which in turn used the DIMA(1 )and GCOMAP(2) models for the underlying forestry emissions and costs data). The Government continue to monitor the variables that will affect the decision on inclusion.
	(1) Dynamic Integrated Model of Forestry and Alternative Land Use (held by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis—NASA).
	(2) Generalized Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (held by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).

Natural Gas: Prices

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average cost of an  (a) 11kg,  (b) 12.7kg,  (c) 18kg,  (d) 19kg and  (e) 47kg propane gas cylinder in each quarter of the last five years.

Joan Ruddock: DECC do not collect or publish prices of propane gas cylinders.
	Data on average prices for propane for domestic use are collected in the Retail Price Index by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Business: Government Assistance

Mark Hoban: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what proportion of payments to small and medium-sized businesses by his Department occurred within 10 days  (a) from the establishment of the Department to 21 October 2008 and  (b) from 21 October 2008 to date.

Patrick McFadden: Since 21 October 2008, BERR paid 96.1 per cent. of all invoices within 10 working days.
	Prior to this BERR recorded payment within 30 calendar days. BERR does not currently record and publish information about the size of suppliers as this does not fully reflect the number and size of businesses engaged in supplying goods and services. We do not discriminate by size of business because many SMEs can be found within larger supply chains.

Trade Promotion

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many copies UK Trade and Investment produced of the Marketing the UK Like Never Before document; and how much they cost to produce.

Gareth Thomas: 'Marketing the UK Like Never Before' was aimed at business professionals, trade associations and chambers of commerce. Reaction to the publication across the board has been extremely positive. Businesses have commended UKTI for adopting a marketing-led approach to promoting the UK.
	1,010 copies of 'Marketing the UK like never before' were produced at a cost of £11,243.00.

Assaults on Police

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 132-3W, on assaults on police, what the equivalent figures are for  (a) 2005-06 and  (b) 2006-07; and if she will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: The data provided here on sickness days due to assault are a supplementary series collected on behalf and released with the approval of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). These data are normally used for inspection purposes only.
	The requested data for 2005-06 and 2006-07 are given in the following table.
	The requested information on days lost per officer and costs to each force are not collected centrally within the police personnel statistics series.
	
		
			  Number of police officer working days lost due to assaults( 1) :2005-06, 2006-07 
			   2005-06  2006-07 
			 Avon and Somerset n/a 21 
			 Bedfordshire 184 178 
			 Cambridgeshire 284 62 
			 Cheshire 575 112 
			 Cleveland n/a n/a 
			 Cumbria 150 n/a 
			 Derbyshire 351 236 
			 Devon and Cornwall 990 334 
			 Dorset n/a n/a 
			 Durham 28 n/a 
			 Dyfed-Powys 93 97 
			 Essex 301 248 
			 Gloucestershire 199 165 
			 Greater Manchester 1,127 94 
			 Gwent 417 n/a 
			 Hampshire 302 252 
			 Hertfordshire 85 186 
			 Humberside 156 n/a 
			 Kent 437 748 
			 Lancashire 1,095 603 
			 Leicestershire 193 274 
			 Lincolnshire 88 211 
			 London, City of 43 13 
			 Merseyside 184 n/a 
			 Metropolitan Police 18,577 7,647 
			 Norfolk 41 67 
			 Northamptonshire 4 29 
			 Northumbria 290 905 
			 North Wales 158 323 
			 North Yorkshire n/a 137 
			 Nottinghamshire 145 n/a 
			 South Wales n/a n/a 
			 South Yorkshire 160 104 
			 Staffordshire 285 299 
			 Suffolk 5 213 
			 Surrey 32 20 
			 Sussex 334 109 
			 Thames Valley n/a n/a 
			 Warwickshire 63 715 
			 West Mercia 467 446 
			 West Midlands 1,313 1,419 
			 West Yorkshire 974 725 
			 Wiltshire 37 n/a 
			 n/a = Data not available. Force was not able to supply data at the time of collection.  Note: 1 Provisional data taken from a supplementary series collected on behalf of HMIC and used for inspection purposes only. Data has not undergone usual quality assurance practices (including validation with individual police forces) and are therefore supplied for information purposes only.

Asylum: Democratic Republic of Congo

Chris Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the experience of unsuccessful asylum seekers removed to Kinshassa on 26 February 2007; and if she will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: UKAIT 00098. The AIT's Determination, including its findings in relation to the charter flight of 26 February 2007 (paragraphs 358-375), can be found on the AIT website at:
	www.ait.gov.uk
	The FCO is not aware of any allegations of mistreatment from any returnees on this flight.

Cannabis: Fixed Penalties

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether offenders who have received a cannabis warning before 26 January 2009 would receive a penalty notice for disorder for any second cannabis possession offence committed after that date.

Jacqui Smith: The Association of Chief Police Officers' (ACPO) revised national guidance for England and Wales for the policing of cannabis possession for personal use by adults states (paragraph 3.1.1):
	"If the offender has already received a Cannabis Warning on a previous occasion, then a further Warning should not be issued. The officer should escalate action. Note: Cannabis Warnings issued after 26 January 2009 must be taken into account when deciding a level of intervention, whereas those issued before this date should be considered as part of any previous offending history."
	The guidance further makes clear that in deciding the appropriate level of intervention, officers retain their operational discretion and that arrest should remain the first presumption, taking into account all relevant circumstances including the presence of aggravating factors.
	The ACPO guidance is available at:
	www.acpo.police.uk/policies.asp

Crime: Animal Welfare

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings her Department has held with the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime on reducing the number of illegal badger killings in the last 12 months.

Alan Campbell: holding answer 25 February 2009
	The Government take all violence against animals, including badgers, very seriously The Home Office is a member of the Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime (PAW) Steering Group. Meetings are held quarterly and Home Office representatives attend where appropriate. We have not held a separate meeting with PAW to discuss illegal killing of badgers within the last 12 months.

Departmental Freedom of Information

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been made to her Department since 2005; how many of them were  (a) agreed to and  (b) refused in each of those years; how many refusals were subject to appeal to the Information Commissioner in each of those years; how many appeals were successful; if she will place in the Library copies of the material subsequently provided in each case; how much was spent by her Department opposing each appeal; which (i) consultants and (ii) law firms were employed by her Department in connection with each appeal; and if she will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Justice (Mr. Wills) on 12 January 2009,  Official Report, column 504W.
	A copy of the information released pursuant to Information Commissioner decisions will be placed in the House of Commons Library.

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the effect of the maximum length of student visas on foreign students studying medicine in the UK.

Phil Woolas: Tier 4 of the Points Based System is due to be launched at the end of this month, and under the terms of the Tier, as published in the Tier 4 Statement of Intent (SoI), General Student visas were to have been limited to a maximum period or four years. This period would have covered the duration of the majority of degree courses, but students on longer courses would have had to apply for extensions of stay to complete their courses.
	However, in the light of concerns expressed since the publication of the SoI about the position of medical students and others on longer degree courses, I have decided, and recently announced, that degree students may be issued with visas for the full duration of their courses in the United Kingdom, rather than their visas being limited to a maximum of four years.

Entry Clearances: Standards

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, column 152W, on entry clearances, what the reasons are for the relatively low performance against public service agreement targets in Sri Lanka; in which three countries there was the lowest performance against the public service agreement targets for processing visa applications in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: In the financial year 2007-08 the number of visa applications in Colombo exceeded the ability of the visa section to process them.
	In that financial year, our posts in the following countries had the lowest performance against public service agreement targets for visa processing times (rating 1 = lowest):
	
		
			   PSA1  PSA 2  PSA 3 
			 1 Sudan Algeria Morocco 
			 2 Seychelles Mongolia Sri Lanka 
			 3 Mongolia Slovakia Ethiopia 
		
	
	These data are unpublished and should be treated as provisional

Human Trafficking

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of people-trafficking-related  (a) investigations,  (b) trials and  (c) convictions have been brought about as a result of the activity of the Metropolitan police human trafficking unit in each year since its inception.

Jacqui Smith: The data provided by the UK Human Trafficking Centre indicates that of the 92 convictions secured for human trafficking offences 28 have been as a result of operations by the police in the Metropolitan Police Service area. It is not possible to break down the number solely related to the work of the Met's trafficking unit as operations against this crime often involve officers from the boroughs, the Clubs and Vice Unit, as well as from the joint operations involving UKBA staff.
	The number of convictions by year is follows:
	
		
			   Number 
			 2004 1 
			 2005 10 
			 2006 10 
			 2007 1 
			 2008 6

Members: Correspondence

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2008,  Official Report, column 2259W, on human trafficking, when she plans to write to the hon. Member for North-West Cambridgeshire with the information referred to.

Alan Campbell: A reply was sent on 28 January 2009.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 4 December 2008, regarding Mrs. Shakeela Bano.

Jacqui Smith: I wrote to my right hon. Friend on 21 January 2009.

Members: Correspondence

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a reply will be sent to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood's e-mail to the UK Border Agency of 23 October 2008 on behalf of Felix Kankwamba, Home Office reference K1115877.

Phil Woolas: The UK Border Agency replied to the right hon. Member on 3 March 2009.

Members: Correspondence

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration plans to reply to the inquiry from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 23 October 2008 on behalf of Momodou Saidyjah, reference J1146013.

Phil Woolas: The UK Border Agency wrote to the right hon. Member on 3 March 2009.

National Police Improvement Agency: Manpower

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff work in each section of the National Police Improvement Agency.

Jacqui Smith: The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has six directorates, spread across a number of sites. The Resources directorate and Secretariat provide business support to NPIA, while all other Directorates provide direct support and services to police forces.
	The total number of staff as at 12 February 2009 was 2,192. This includes permanent staff, secondees, fixed term appointments, officers on loan and contractors. The following table provides a breakdown of staff by directorate.
	
		
			  Directorate  Permanent  Fixed contract  Secondee  Loan  External employee  Total 
			 Information communications technology and science 207 7 53 — 131 398 
			 Operations 297 5 43 2 32 379 
			 People and development 347 21 116 4 65 553 
			 Policing policy and practice 206 16 117 2 145 486 
			 Resources 177 5 4 4 134 324 
			 Secretariat 36 1 12 1 2 52 
			 Total 1,270 55 345 13 509 2,192

Official Residences

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 17 March 2008,  Official Report, columns 806-07W, on official residences, whether the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside paid rent in respect of his occupancy of the property at South Eaton Place during the two periods when he resided there while not holding Ministerial office.

Phil Woolas: The right hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) made a payment in respect of his occupancy of the property at South Eaton Place for a period in 2005.

Security: Housing

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding has been provided for home security improvements for low income pensioners in each year since 1997 in Dacorum.

Alan Campbell: Data to this level of detail is not held centrally or locally and it would be a disproportionate cost to attempt to calculate the figures. However, in Dacorum the local authority provides a service offering home security improvements which include the fitting of locks, door chains, spy-holes and smoke alarms free of charge to actual or potential burglary victims. This service supports vulnerable groups, including older people. Between April and December 2008 they visited 556 older people to provide these services.

Departmental Postal Services

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of letters sent by his Department were given to  (a) the Royal Mail and  (b) another postal services provider for delivery in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Shahid Malik: The information requested is set out as follows.
	 Ministry of Justice (ex DCA)
	Information about the volume of correspondence sent by Royal Mail is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
	Regarding the use of other commercial delivery services, the former DCA used one other licensed carrier, DX Network Services. Volumetric data for this financial year is currently being collated and will be available in April 2009.
	In respect of spend for the 2007-08 financial year, the Department spent £10.49 million (77 per cent.) with Royal Mail, compared with £3.1 million (23 per cent.) with DX Network Services.
	DX Network Services provides a cost effective and efficient mail service between courts, to the legal profession and other business addresses.
	 National Offender Management Service (NOMS)  and The Office for Criminal Justice Reform (PCJR)
	Information about the volume of correspondence sent by Royal Mail and other commercial delivery services is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
	 HM Prison Service (HMPS)
	Postage is handled on an individual Prison basis and there are no central contracts for mail collection and distribution; volumes are not recorded either.

Departmental Public Consultation

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what payments for  (a) polling and  (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Wills: For the period from 31 of December 2007, no payments have been made by the Ministry of Justice to either Deborah Mattinson or to Opinion Leader Research Limited.
	All NDPBs, NPS, and the Scotland Office are excluded from this response as their details are held separately and to gather it would exceed the cost limit. Information can be separately requested from the individual offices if required.

Offenders: Housing

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many and what proportion of offenders who ended their residence in ClearSprings Bail Accommodation and Support Service properties in 2008 had an accommodation address to move on to; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many offenders have been released from prison into ClearSprings Bail Accommodation and Support Service properties; and how many defendants or offenders released into ClearSprings properties have since been returned to custody.

David Hanson: Data on the number and proportion of those in the Bail and Accommodation Service who have addresses to move on to after completion are being obtained and I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
	1,183 offenders and 1,657 defendants had been released into the Bail Accommodation and Support Service up to 23 February 2009. 176 of those released on bail completed their bail period by that date and were then sentenced to custody. Numbers of those otherwise returned to custody following breach while in the service or after completion of the service cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.

Political Parties: Finance

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Chichester of 15 December 2008,  Official Report, columns 478-9W, on political parties: finance, whether an hon. Member who triggered their election expenses by virtue of prejudicing the electoral prospects of another candidate at the election would be required to count any subsequent expenditure from the communications allowance as regulated election spending.

Jack Straw: The restrictions on use of the communications allowance for political purposes are clear. As such, it should not be the case that expenditure for electoral purposes could be funded by the communications allowance in any event, whether the expenditure in question precedes or follows any separate statement that has the effect of prejudicing another candidate's electoral prospects.

Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2095W, on special educational needs: tribunals, how many of the appeals  (a) received,  (b) registered and  (c) which were successful occurred in each local authority area in each year.

Bridget Prentice: The First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) (SEND) does not keep the information which the hon. Member has requested in a readily available format. This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	SEND does, however, keep annual data on received and registered appeals in relation to local authorities and this is available at the back of each Annual Report on the SEND website:
	www.sendist.gov.uk
	Reports are not currently on the web for the period 1998-2001 but SEND is in the process of making the information available in this format. The Tribunal will send this information to the hon. Member and place a copy in the Libraries of the House when this work is complete.
	The data on appeals received includes appeals that are received by SEND that fall outside of the SEND jurisdiction. The data on appeals registered includes all the appeals that are accepted by SEND as falling within its jurisdiction and which are taken forward to hearing and disposal.

BAA

Justine Greening: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what  (a) meetings and  (b) correspondence (i) he, (ii) other Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department have had with representatives of BAA since 3 October 2008; when each meeting took place; who attended each meeting; and what the subject of each meeting was.

Yvette Cooper: Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.

Bank Services

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates his Department has made of the proportion and total amount of lending within the UK by  (a) UK banks,  (b) foreign banks and  (c) non-banking institutions in each month since January 2007.

Ian Pearson: The Bank of England publishes statistics relating to lending, which are available at:
	http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/index.htm.
	These statistics include data on the amount of lending by UK banks, building societies and other lenders. The UK National Accounts publishes data on loans attributable to foreign banks and securities issued by UK residents and is available at:
	http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase

Banks: Iran

William Hague: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the statement of the Financial Action Task Force of 25 February 2009, what counter-measures he plans to take to protect the UK financial sector from money laundering and financing of terrorism risks emanating from Iran; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Pearson: The Treasury has issued an advisory notice to all businesses regulated under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and all other persons authorised by the Financial Services Authority alerting them to the high-risk nature of transactions with Iran due to the serious deficiencies in its systems to combat money-laundering and terrorist financing. The Treasury is also actively considering what further steps may be necessary to ensure the UK financial sector is protected from this risk, and is in discussion with international partners.

Children: Poverty

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in West Lancashire constituency who have been taken out of poverty as a result of tax credits.

Stephen Timms: Tax credits play a key role in making work pay and reducing poverty, and have helped to lift 600,000 children out of relative poverty since 1998-99.
	Estimates of the number of recipient families with tax credits, including the number of children in these families, by constituency, as at December 2008, are available in the HMRC snapshot publication "Child and working tax credits statistics.
	Geographical analyses. December 2008". This is available on the HMRC website at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-geog-stats.htm

Departmental Official Hospitality

Robert Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how much his Department spent on  (a) alcohol and  (b) food in each of the last five years.

Angela Eagle: For Information on spending on official entertainment I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1892W to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond). The Treasury's accounting systems do not separately identify alcohol and food spending within official entertainment and the information could not be provided within the disproportionate costs threshold.

Departmental Public Consultation

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what payments for  (a) polling and  (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement.

Angela Eagle: There have been no payments made to Deborah Mattinson or Opinion Leader Research Ltd. since December 2007.

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2009,  Official Report, column 906W, on banks: finance, if he will make an estimate of the cost to  (a) building societies and  (b) banks (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of (A) pre-tax profits for the last three financial years and (B) the total balance sheet of each type of organisation of the management expenses bill levied by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Ian Pearson: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is responsible for making the rules regarding the levies the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) may raise to meet compensation costs and management expenses. The Government consider, consistent with EC law, that the cost of financing deposit-guarantee schemes should be borne, in principle, by deposit-taking firms themselves.

Members: Correspondence

David Winnick: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North, dated 28 January 2009, acknowledged by his Department with the reference 3/08679/2009, on his constituent.

Stephen Timms: I have replied to my hon. Friend.

Members: Correspondence

David Winnick: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to provide a substantive reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North dated 15 January 2009 to the Tax Credit Office on a constituent, acknowledged by the Tax Credit Office with the reference 2009/01002/33; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.

Stephen Timms: HMRC sent a reply to my hon. Friend on 6 March 2009 and apologises for the delay.

Public Sector: Procurement

Paul Burstow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Oxford, East of 24 February 2009,  Official Report, column 530W, on public expenditure: small businesses, when he expects implementation of each recommendation in the Glover report to be completed; and if he will make a statement.

Angela Eagle: Projects are under way to meet the 12 recommendations of the Glover report, "Accelerating the SME Economic Engine" which is concerned with improving SME access to public sector procurement. All recommendations will be delivered by the end of 2010 with some projects and a training package covering key parts of the recommendations to be delivered before the end of 2009.

Social Security Benefits

Justine Greening: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what modelling he undertook for the purposes of the pre-Budget report 2008 on predicted levels of  (a) job seeker's allowance claims and  (b) incapacity benefit claims in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11; and whether the Government's proposals on welfare reform announced on 10 December 2008 were taken into account in that modelling.

Yvette Cooper: [holding answer 16 December 2008): The forecasts for jobseeker's allowance (JSA) and incapacity benefits for the pre-Budget report (PBR) 2008 were based on the latest available information at the time of publication, relating to past trends of relevant caseloads and expected future economic conditions. The JSA forecast uses the claimant unemployment assumption, which is audited by the National Audit Office (NAO), as described in Box B1 on page 188 of the PBR 2008.

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Paul Burstow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009,  Official Report, column 895W, on stamp duty and tax, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the stamp duty land tax holiday for first-time housebuyers in the next 12 months.

Ian Pearson: An estimate could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Vulture Funds

Michael Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the Answer of 13 November 2007,  Official Report, columns 227-29W, on vulture funds, what progress the Government has made in dealing with vulture funds; and if he will bring forward proposals to prohibit their operation.

Ian Pearson: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to him on 5 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1815W.

Contraceptives

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women in each age group were fitted with an intra-uterine  (a) system and  (b) device in each of the last 10 years.

Dawn Primarolo: The information available is shown in the following tables.
	The following tables shows data on the number of prescription items dispensed in the community. Data by age are not available.
	
		
			  Intra-uterine system items 
			  Financial year  Number (Thousand) 
			 1998-99 33.934 
			 1999-2000 39.630 
			 2000-01 46.303 
			 2001-02 52.397 
			 2002-03 58.104 
			 2003-04 63.563 
			 2004-05 68.376 
			 2005-06 79.445 
			 2006-07 85.927 
			 2007-08 95.522 
		
	
	
		
			  Intra-uterine device items 
			  Financial year  Number (Thousand) 
			 1998-99 74.822 
			 1999-2000 70.132 
			 2000-01 59.295 
			 2001-02 53.186 
			 2002-03 49.215 
			 2003-04 45.224 
			 2004-05 41.876 
			 2005-06 41.766 
			 2006-07 40.806 
			 2007-08 39.937 
			  Source: Prescription information is taken from the Prescription Cost Analysis system, supplied by the Prescription Services Division of the NHS Business Services Authority, and is based on a full analysis of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England i.e. by community pharmacists and appliance contractors, dispensing doctors, and prescriptions submitted by prescribing doctors for items personally administered in England. The data does not cover drugs dispensed in hospitals. 
		
	
	The following tables shows first contacts with women at community contraception clinics by method, age and year.
	
		
			  First contacts with women at community contraceptive clinics by primary method of contraception and age ,  1998-99 to 2005-06 
			  Number of first contacts (Thousand) 
			Age 
			   All ages  Under 16  16-19  20-24  25-34  35 and over 
			  1998-99   
			 IU Devices 63.4 0.2 1.7 6.7 25.2 29.6 
			 Implant 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.3 
			
			  1999- 20 00   
			 IU Devices 66.7 0.2 2.4 7.8 26.3 30.0 
			 Implant 2.4 0.0 0.2 0.5 1.1 0.6 
			
			  2000-01   
			 IU Devices 64.8 0.2 2.3 7.6 25.4 29.3 
			 Implant 3.4 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.4 0.7 
			
			  2001-02   
			 IU Devices 66.9 0.2 1.8 7.9 25.4 31.6 
			 Implant 5.0 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.0 1.0 
			
			  2002-03   
			 IU Devices 67.8 0.3 2.2 7.9 25.3 32.2 
			 Implant 7.8 0.2 1.2 2.4 2.7 1.4 
			
			  2003-04   
			 IU Devices 58.8 0.2 2.0 7.4 22.3 26.9 
			 Implant 12.4 0.3 2.2 3.6 4.2 2.1 
			 IU System 10.2 0.0 0.2 0.9 3.5 5.7 
			
			  2004-05   
			 IU Devices 50.1 0.3 1.7 6.2 18.8 23.1 
			 Implant 16.6 0.4 3.1 4.7 5.6 2.8 
			 IU System 15.2 0.0 0.2 1.1 4.8 9.1 
			
			  2005-06   
			 IU Devices 49.1 0.2 1.5 6.0 18.8 22.7 
			 Implant 25.7 0.8 5.6 7.3 8.1 3.9 
			 IU System 19.6 0.0 0.3 1.5 5.8 11.9 
			  Source: The NHS Information Centre KT31 return. 
		
	
	
		
			  First contacts with women at community contraceptive clinics by primary method of contraception and age each specified year England 
			  Number of first contacts (Thousand) 
			Age 
			   All a ges  Under 15  15  16-17  18-19  20-24  25-34  35 and over 
			  2006-07 
			 IU Devices 47.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 5.8 18.4 21.2 
			 IU System 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.9 6.9 14.6 
			 Implant 35.7 0.4 1.0 3.7 4.4 9.9 11.0 5.3 
			  
			  2007-08 
			 IU Devices 46.7 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 5.9 18.7 20.4 
			 IU System 25.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.9 7.3 15.3 
			 Implant 46.8 0.6 1.4 5.3 5.8 12.9 14.5 6.3 
			  Source:  The NHS Information Centre KT31 return.

Genito-urinary Medicine

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on genito-urinary medicine clinics in the last five years.

Dawn Primarolo: Estimated gross national health service expenditure on genitourinary medicine (GUM) for the period 2003-04 to 2006-07, the latest year for which figures are available, is set out in the following table. This includes expenditure on GUM clinics.
	
		
			   Gross expenditure (£ million) 
			 2003-04 2,809 
			 2004-05 3,097 
			 2005-06 3,507 
			 2006-07 3,755 
		
	
	The introduction of new sub-categories and a change in the methodology means that a comparison between 2005-06 and 2006-07, is not possible.

Hospital Beds

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds there were in each NHS trust in England in each year from 2000-01 to 2007-08, with the data adjusted to reflect the current configuration of trusts.

Ben Bradshaw: The number of occupied and available bed days and day only beds is collected annually, from national health service providers. The document, "Average daily number of available beds, NHS organisations in England, 2000-01 to 2007-08", which shows data for each organisation as it was submitted in the relevant year, thus reflecting the NHS structure at the time of the data collection, has been placed in the Library.
	Bed numbers have fallen because hospitals are dealing with patients more efficiently and more people are treated in primary care settings—experts all agree that this is the best way to deliver health care to patients.
	Advances in medical technology and shorter stays for routine operations mean fewer beds are needed across the service—this is part of a long-term downward trend in the average length of stay in hospital. But where the NHS needs more beds, there are more beds. For example, in day surgery, the number of day-only beds has increased by more than 29 per cent. since 2000-01, and we now have 55 per cent. more critical care beds and 116 per cent. more intermediate care beds than we had in 2000.

NHS: Publications

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recourse is available to individuals who dispute to the accuracy of written information and literature produced by his Department on the provision of NHS services.

Ben Bradshaw: Individuals who wish to comment on the accuracy of written information and literature by the Department on the provision of national health service services may write to the Department in the normal way.
	Should they wish to make a formal complaint, they may do so to the Department's customer service centre. Each complaint is investigated thoroughly, and if upheld, recommendations are made internally to ensure that future service is improved. Wherever possible, the Department aims to respond to complainants within 20 working days.
	Details of how to make a complaint to the Department can be found on the Department's website.
	If a complainant is unhappy with the Department's response they may ask their Member of Parliament to request that the parliamentary and health service ombudsman investigates the complaint and the way it was handled. The ombudsman carries out independent investigations into complaints about Government Departments.

NHS: Working Hours

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department's implementation update for the European Working Time Directive, published on 30 January 2009, what comprehensive position statements on Working Time Directive readiness by specialty for each trust his Department has received from strategic health authorities; and if he will place a copy of each in the Library.

Ann Keen: The majority of United Kingdom doctors in training already work within the current hours requirement. The over-riding objective of the UK Government in their health policy is to ensure the quality and safety of patient care.
	We also want to ensure that health services are managed so that they provide doctors with a good work-life balance and quality training.
	Many parts of the UK health services have already made good progress and successfully implemented sustainable solutions providing quality training and ensuring patient safety.
	The Government are working together with health services and the representatives of the medical profession on the European Working Time Directive solutions. Clinical leadership is key to achieving a positive outcome.
	We are still undertaking detailed analysis of the information from the quality assurance process.

NHS: Working Hours

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the percentage of hospital trusts which meet with the requirements of the European Working Time Directive with which they must comply by August 2009.

Ann Keen: There is no such current estimate.
	There is an absolute commitment to support the national health service in achieving compliance with the European Working Time Directive by 1 August 2009. The expectation is that all services will strive to be fully compliant and all but a very few services with special difficulties will be compliant by this date.

Stem Cells: Research

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of  (a) the time it will take for stem cell derived disease treatments to become available on the NHS and  (b) the likely effect this will have on future health spending.

Dawn Primarolo: A number of stem cell-derived disease treatments are already available on the national health service, including bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplantation for blood and immune system disorders, corneal transplantation for the victims of acid splashes to the eye and skin grafting for burns victims.
	As for newer stem cell derived treatments, it is impossible to establish with any degree of accuracy when will become available on the NHS. There are still uncertainties about which stem cells work that will only be addressed by considerable amounts of laboratory and clinical research. As with earlier stem cell therapies, these newer stem cell therapies are likely to develop at varying rates and with varying efficiencies, depending on the disease and tissue involved. It is therefore impossible at this stage to assess the cost-benefit of newer stem cell derived treatments.

Accident and Emergency Departments

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency departments there are in each NHS hospital trust in England.

Ben Bradshaw: The following table shows the number of accident and emergency departments in each national health service hospital trust in England, according to latest information collected centrally in quarter 3 (October to December) 2008-09.
	
		
			  Number of accident and emergency departments, minor injury units and walk in centres, NHS organisations in England, 2008-09 October to December (Q3) 
			  Organisation code  Organisation name  Departments 
			  England 590 
			
			 REM Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RCF Airedale NHS Trust 1 
			 RBS Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RTK Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust 4 
			 5HG Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5C2 Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RF4 Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust 4 
			 RVL Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 5A9 Barnet Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RFF Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RNJ Barts and The London NHS Trust 2 
			 RDD Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RN5 Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5FL Bath and North East Somerset Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RC1 Bedford Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 5QG Berkshire East Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5QF Berkshire West Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RQ3 Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5PG Birmingham East And North Primary Care Trust 2 
			 5HP Blackpool Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RXL Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5HQ Bolton Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RAE Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RXH Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 3 
			 5QJ Bristol Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RG3 Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 RXQ Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust 7 
			 PJF Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5JX Bury Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RWY Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RGT Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5PP Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust 2 
			 5NG Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RW3 Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 6 
			 RQM Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RFS Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5C3 City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RLN City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 RDE Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 5QP Cornwall And Isles Of Stilly Primary Care Trust 10 
			 RJR Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RXP County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 4 
			 5MD Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5NE Cumbria Primary Care Trust 6 
			 5J9 Darlington Primary Care Trust 3 
			 RN7 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 1 
			 5N7 Derby City Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RTG Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 5N6 Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust 4 
			 5QQ Devon Primary Care Trust 18 
			 RP5 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 RBD Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5QM Dorset Primary Care Trust 8 
			 RC3 Ealing Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 RWH East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 2 
			 5P3 East And North Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust 1 
			 PJN East Cheshire NHS Trust 3 
			 RW East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust 4 
			 RXR East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 7 
			 5NW East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust 3 
			 5P7 East Sussex Downs And Weald Primary Care Trust 3 
			 RXC East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust 7 
			 5QA Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust 6 
			 RVR Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 3 
			 RDU Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RR7 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5KF Gateshead Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RLT George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 RTE Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 5QH Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust 6 
			 RN3 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5PR Great Yarmouth And Waveney Primary Care Trust 3 
			 PJ1 Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 4 
			 5NM Halton And St. Helens Primary Care Trust 2 
			 5H1 Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5QC Hampshire Primary Care Trust 4 
			 5C9 Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RCD Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5A4 Havering Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5MX Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RR1 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 RD7 Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 RLQ Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 1 
			 5CN Herefordshire Primary Care Trust 4 
			 5NQ Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5AT Hillingdon Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RQQ Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust 1 
			 RQX Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RWA Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 5NX Hull Teaching Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RYJ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 4 
			 RGQ Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 5QT Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RGP James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5LA Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RNQ Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4 
			 RJZ King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RAX Kingston Hospital NHS Trust 2 
			 5N2 Kirklees Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5J4 Knowsley Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RXN Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RR8 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 4 
			 5N9 Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5NL Liverpool Primary Care Trust 4 
			 REP Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RC9 Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5GC Luton Teaching Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RWF Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 3 
			 5NT Manchester Primary Care Trust 4 
			 PJ6 Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust 4 
			 RPA Medway NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RBT Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RQ8 Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 3 
			 RJD Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RXF Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 3 
			 RD8 Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5CQ Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RP6 Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5D7 Newcastle Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5C5 Newham Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RNH Newham University Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 RM1 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 5PQ Norfolk Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RVJ North Bristol NHS Trust 2 
			 RNL North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 5PW North East Essex Primary Care Trust 3 
			 RAP North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 5M8 North Somerset Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5PH North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RVW North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RV8 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 4 
			 5NV North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust 5 
			 RNS Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 3 
			 5PD Northamptonshire Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RBZ Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 4 
			 RJL Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 RTF Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 8 
			 5EM Nottingham City Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RX1 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 5N8 Nottinghamshire County Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5J5 Oldham Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RTH Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust 1 
			 5QE Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust 4 
			 RW6 Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 1 
			 RGN Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4 
			 5PN Peterborough Primary Care Trust 3 
			 RK9 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 4 
			 5F1 Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RD3 Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5FE Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RHU Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 1 
			 RG2 Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 RGZ Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust 2 
			 RPC Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 5NA Redbridge Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5QR Redcar And Cleveland Primary Care Trust 2 
			 5M6 Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5H8 Rotherham Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RHW Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 RMC Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 REF Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 RH8 Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RAL Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 1 
			 RQ6 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust 3 
			 RA2 Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust 7 
			 RD1 Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust 1 
			 RPR Royal West Sussex NHS Trust 1 
			 5F5 Salford Primary Care Trust 3 
			 RM3 Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RNZ Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RXK Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 3 
			 RCC Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 2 
			 5NJ Sefton Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RCU Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RHQ Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5 
			 RK5 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RXW Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust 3 
			 5M2 Shropshire County Primary Care Trust 6 
			 TAM Solihull Care Trust 1 
			 5QL Somerset Primary Care Trust 9 
			 5M1 South Birmingham Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RA9 South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5PK South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RTR South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 RE9 South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RJC South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 5PY South West Essex Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5L1 Southampton City Primary Care Trust 3 
			 RHM Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 RAJ Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 RVY Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 3 
			 RJ7 St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust 1 
			 RBN St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 RWJ Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5PT Suffolk Primary Care Trust 2 
			 5KL Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RTP Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 4 
			 5P5 Surrey Primary Care Trust 6 
			 5K3 Swindon Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RMP Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RBA Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5MK Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RNA The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RAS The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust 2 
			 RJ2 The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust 2 
			 RTD The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4 
			 RQW The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 RCX The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Trust 2 
			 RFR The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RDZ The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 RL4 The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 RKE The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 2 
			 TAL Torbay Care Trust 2 
			 5C4 Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RM4 Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust 2 
			 RWD United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 6 
			 RRV University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RRK University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RJE University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust 2 
			 RM2 University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RKB University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 5 
			 RA7 University Hospitals of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust 3 
			 RWE University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 8 
			 RTX University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust 3 
			 5N3 Wakefield District Primary Care Trust 3 
			 RBK Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust 2 
			 5NC Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust 1 
			 5LG Wandsworth Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RWW Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2 
			 5PM Warwickshire Primary Care Trust 3 
			 5PV West Essex Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RWG West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 3 
			 5P9 West Kent Primary Care Trust 4 
			 RFW West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 1 
			 RGR West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 1 
			 5P6 West Sussex Primary Care Trust 4 
			 5LC Westminster Primary Care Trust 1 
			 RA3 Weston Area Health NHS Trust 1 
			 RGC Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust 2 
			 5QK Wiltshire Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RN1 Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 2 
			 5NK Wirral Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RBL Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 5MV Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust 2 
			 RWP Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 3 
			 5PL Worcestershire Primary Care Trust 4 
			 RPL Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust 4 
			 RRF Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RA4 Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 RCB York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 
			 CWiC NHS Walk in Centres, with a commuter focus 6 
			  Note: There are six NHS Walk in Centres, with a commuter focus which are provided across the country. They are walk in centres based near commuter hubs with a remit to provide treatment for minor ailments/illness/injuries, for local residents, students, as well as commuters.  Source:  Department of Health dataset QMAE

Departmental Absenteeism

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on  (a) 2 February 2009 and  (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of the (i) cost to his Department and (ii) number of working hours lost resulting from such absence; and what guidance his Department issued to staff in respect of absence on those days.

Ben Bradshaw: The Department did not record centrally the numbers of staff who were absent for non-medical reasons on 2 and 3 February. Many staff were able to work remotely using their existing information technology facilities and capacity was increased to allow more concurrent remote users. With prior agreement with their managers staff were allowed to work from home on both days.
	Guidance was issued to managers and staff confirming that those who were working on 2 February could leave work early to avoid the rush hour. It was made clear that every effort should be made by our staff to attend the office on 3 February. Managers also had the discretion to allow credits of flexi time or annual leave considering each case on its merits.

Eating Disorders

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many  (a) children and  (b) adults were admitted to hospital for a suspected eating disorder in each of the last five years.

Phil Hope: Information is not collected on admissions for a suspected eating disorder. The data in the following table covers those who have received a formal diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other types of eating disorders including overeating.
	
		
			  Total admissions( 1)  into hospital where there was a primary diagnosis( 2)  of eating disorders( 3)  for children (0-18 year olds) (b) adults (19 and over) from 2007-08 to 2003-04: Activity in English NHS hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector 
			   Total (England)  18 and under  19 and over  Unknown 
			 2007-08 1,967 970 996 1 
			 2006-07 1,970 860 1,087 23 
			 2005-06 1,935 794 1,132 9 
			 2004-05 1,724 677 1,047 0 
			 2003-04 1,622 717 904 1 
			 (1) A finished admission episode is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. (2)( )The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital. (3) International Classification of Diseases 10 (ICD) Diagnosis codes for 'Eating disorders';  Anorexia Nervosa; F50.0 Anorexia nervosa F50.1 Atypical anorexia nervosa  Bulimia Nervosa; F50.2 Bulimia nervosa F50.3 Atypical bulimia nervosa  Other eating disorders; F50.4 Overeating associated with other psychological disturbances F50.5 Vomiting associated with other psychological disturbances F50.8 Other eating disorders F50.9 Eating disorder, unspecified F98.2 Feeding disorder of infancy and childhood F98.3 Pica of infancy and childhood 
		
	
	HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England. Data is also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.
	HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. The quality and coverage of the data have improved over time. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity.
	Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time.
	Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in the data, i.e. the data are ungrossed.

Environmental Health: Restaurants

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of restaurants which have been visited and inspected by local authority environmental health officers in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Dawn Primarolo: Local authority returns to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007—the latest available 12 month period—reported that there were 386,206 United Kingdom restaurant and catering businesses, of which 246,279 (63 per cent.) received an official control inspection or visit during that period.
	A total of 397,865 inspections or visits were carried out, some premises being inspected or visited more than once during this period.
	Official control inspections and visits cover both food hygiene and food standards (i.e. food labelling and composition) arrangements.
	Full UK data on all local authority food control enforcement activity is available on the FSA website:
	www.food.gov.uk

Food Poisoning

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of food poisoning by  (a) salmonella,  (b) campylobacter,  (c) E. coli and  (d) other food-borne pathogens were recorded in each of the last five years.

Dawn Primarolo: The number of laboratory-confirmed cases of United Kingdom-acquired salmonella, campylobacter, E. coli 0157, clostridium perfringens, and listeria monocytogenes infections in each of the last five years is shown in the following table.
	The most recent data available at present is from 2007.
	The Food Standards Agency has monitored the number of cases of these five key food-borne pathogens in the UK since 2000.
	
		
			   2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Salmonella 13,207 12,344 10,220 10,970 10,245 
			 Campylobacter 41,283 39,822 41,882 42,360 46,629 
			 E. coli 0157 111 819 1,029 1,146 976 
			 Clostridium perfringens 78 527 545 156 73 
			 Listeria monocytogenes 248 230 220 208 254 
			 Total 55,593 53,742 53,896 54,840 58,177 
			  Source:  Health Protection Agency, Health Protection Scotland, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre Northern Ireland.

Health Services: Republic of Ireland

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 216-7W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, how much the Government has paid to the Republic of Ireland under the bilateral agreement in each year since the agreement came into force.

Dawn Primarolo: The bilateral agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic Ireland has been in place since 1971. Data relating to payments made is not available going back this far. According to departmental data, under the terms of the agreement, the UK has paid the Republic of Ireland around €2 billion over last five years. The majority of these payments related to the provision of health care for around 50,000 pensioners that the UK pays for each year in the Republic of Ireland.

Hospitals

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps were taken by his Department to consult NHS staff on the development of administrative systems within NHS hospital trusts in the last three years.

Ben Bradshaw: Over the past three years, the Choose and Book programme has conducted stakeholder engagement on the future development of the Choose and Book application via various stakeholder forums. Representatives from national health service hospital trusts are members of the National Clinical Reference Panel; National Design Steering Group, local and strategic health authority user groups; National Specialty Reference Group; and the clinical leadership team.

Hospitals: Malnutrition

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1029W, on malnutrition, how many people were  (a) admitted to and  (b) discharged from each NHS hospital with a primary or secondary diagnosis of (i) malnutrition, (ii) nutritional anaemias and (iii) other nutritional deficiencies in each year from 1997-98 to 2007-08.

Dawn Primarolo: holding answer 6 March 2009
	We regret the delay in placing this information in the Library. As set out in my earlier answer, the information requested requires intensive and time-consuming use of statistical information systems. A copy of the information has been placed in the Library.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: Correspondence

John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will direct the Chief Executive of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust to reply to the outstanding issues raised by the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling in his letters to him of 26 August 2008 and 11 December 2008 following the death of a child of his constituents.

Ann Keen: We were concerned to learn about the delay in the hon. Member receiving a response from the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust. Departmental officials have investigated and we are assured that Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust will respond to the hon. Member by 11 March 2009.

Memory Clinics

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Dementia Strategy, published on 3 February 2009, how many memory clinics there are in the NHS; how many memory clinics he intends to establish; and by what date.

Phil Hope: Information on the number of memory clinics there are in the national health service is not collected centrally. The decisions about the establishment of memory services will be made locally by primary care trusts.

Mental Health Services

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average daily cost of keeping a person in  (a) high secure and  (b) medium secure mental health accommodation was in the latest period for which information is available; and how many (i) beds and (ii) vacant beds there were in each type of accommodation on 31 January in each year from 2000 to 2009.

Phil Hope: The average cost per high secure bed in 2008-09, based on service level agreements, is £286,740 per annum and the average cost per medium secure bed per bed day is £453.
	 Note
	The figure for medium secure beds is for NHS trusts and primary care trusts combined and is sourced from Schedule 4 of the 2006-07 Reference Costs (published February 2008).
	We do not collect data on bed availability in medium secure units centrally.
	The number of beds currently available in high secure services is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Beds currently available 
			   Number 
			 Male mental illness and personality disorder 673 
			 Learning disability 48 
			 Female mental illness and personality disorder 50 
			 Dangerous and severe personality disorder 108 
		
	
	We do not collect the average occupancy of beds rates in each category for each of the last three years. What data we do have is contained in the following tables.
	
		
			  Current occupancy rates at 30 September 2008 
			   Percentage 
			 Male mental illness and personality disorder 90.6 
			 Learning disability 89.6 
			 Female mental illness and personality disorder 88 
			 Dangerous and severe personality disorder 83.3 
			 Overall occupancy rate 90.4 
			  Note: This excludes patients on trial leave i.e. patients who are staying in medium security as part of their progression plan. 
		
	
	
		
			  Month/year  Beds  Occupancy rates (percentage) 
			 September 2007 790 93.2 
			 September 2006 879 90.2 
			 December 2005 899 92.1

Mental Health Services

Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1196W on mental health services, how many primary care trusts provide computerised cognitive behavioural therapy approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of depression; and what steps he has taken to ensure that NICE Technology Appraisal 97 is implemented in all primary care trusts at the required level to meet known need;
	(2)  what steps he is taking to ensure that people suffering from depression are able to access therapy treatments to which they are entitled;
	(3)  pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1196W on mental health services, what assessment he has made of the levels of availability of psychological therapies approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for  (a) guided self-help,  (b) counselling,  (c) computerised cognitive behavioural therapy and  (d) behavioural activation and exercise.

Phil Hope: Compliance with clinical guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) forms part of the developmental standards for the national health service and NHS organisations are expected to move towards their full implementation. The Department recognises the important contribution of the effective provision of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) and primary care trusts (PCTs) are obliged to provide funding for NICE-recommended cCBT packages where clinicians want to use them, however, the Department does not collect information on the uptake of cCBT.
	The core aim of the Departments Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme is to support the NHS to implement the NICE guidelines and deliver effective treatment for people with depression and anxiety disorders.
	The Government have provided substantial new funding to increase services over the next three years:
	£33 million for 2008-09;
	a further £70 million to a total of £103 million in 2009-10; and
	a further £70 million to a total of £173 million in 2010-11.
	This funding will allow regional training programmes to deliver 3,600 newly trained therapists with an appropriate skill mix and supervision arrangements by 2010-11 and 900,000 people to access IAPT services.
	The core aim of the Department's IAPT programme is to support the NHS to implement the NICE guidelines and deliver effective treatment for people with depression and anxiety disorders.
	The NHS Operating Framework 2008-09 states that to prepare for the new IAPT services being available more widely in the future, all PCTs need to plan how they will implement a stepped-care psychological therapies service. The first step is to carry out a needs assessment of their local population and scope their state of readiness to deliver IAPT services in preparation for becoming an IAPT site in the future. Strategic health authorities have committed to supporting and monitoring all PCTs in improving their psychological therapy services through routine commissioning. However, it is not possible to identify the availability of specific treatments, as information of this nature is not collected centrally.

NHS: Equality

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, column 241W, on NHS: equality, when he expects the advisory group on the implications of age discrimination legislation for the NHS to publish its future programme of work; on what date the advisory group first met; for what reasons he expects that the advisory group's work will take 18 months to complete; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Hope: The programme of work for the advisory group on tackling age discrimination in health and social care was published in the written ministerial statement issued on 11 November 2008,  Official Report, columns 46-48WS. The advisory group held its first meeting on 26 January 2009. The group's remit includes consideration of age-specific issues in health and social care to inform secondary legislation which will apply the provisions of the Equality Bill in that sector, and also what help and guidance may be needed to support service providers to comply with the provisions of the legislation. It is estimated that this programme, including production of help and guidance, will take until summer 2010 to complete. Where it is possible and helpful to make any findings or conclusions available earlier than summer 2010, we will do so.

NHS: Negligence

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2009,  Official Report, column 661W, on NHS negligence, if he will publish the breakdown of the global contribution in each year since 1997 on the same basis as the estimated figures for 2009-10 given in the Answer.

Ann Keen: The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) does not have this information for years prior to 2009-10 and to obtain it would be at disproportionate cost. The NHSLA only has data for 2009-10 because they asked actuaries to provide a more detailed analysis once the initial estimate showed an increase on the previous year.

Social Services: Elderly

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much on average has been recouped in charges for  (a) personal social services,  (b) home care and  (c) day care for each older person in each local authority in 2008-09.

Phil Hope: We are informed by the Information Centre for health and social care that it collects and publishes data on local authority expenditure recouped in sales, fees and charges for older people—aged 65 and over. Information for 2008-09 will not be available until later in 2009.
	The following table shows the total amount recouped in sales fees and charges by each council with adult social services responsibility (CASSR) and the amount relating to home care and day care for older people in 2007-08. Information about charges paid by individual older people is not held centrally.
	
		
			  £000 
			O f which: 
			  CASSR  Sales, fees and charges( 1)  Home care  Day care 
			 Barnsley 11,080 1,520 65 
			 Birmingham 33,491 5,388 3 
			 Bolton 7,620 1,689 93 
			 Bradford 21,215 2,468 388 
			 Bury 7,196 1,005 98 
			 Calderdale 9,118 861 133 
			 Coventry 9,811 1,060 74 
			 Doncaster 14,261 1,889 151 
			 Dudley 9,558 2,052 0 
			 Gateshead 8,533 1,600 14 
			 Kirklees 16,830 2,951 152 
			 Knowsley 6,114 253 79 
			 Leeds 19,415 1,154 109 
			 Liverpool 9,881 2,984 113 
			 Manchester 13,263 1,730 320 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 10,067 1,945 106 
			 North Tyneside 8,231 1,396 0 
			 Oldham 6,756 0 0 
			 Rochdale 8,173 1,045 43 
			 Rotherham 11,553 1,357 98 
			 Salford 10,034 1,579 291 
			 Sandwell 10,955 1,185 247 
			 Sefton 12,824 651 225 
			 Sheffield 24,556 2,570 258 
			 Solihull 5,797 1,190 144 
			 South Tyneside 6,367 877 86 
			 St. Helens 8,969 2,043 156 
			 Stockport 9,170 0 51 
			 Sunderland 12,841 2,262 237 
			 Tameside 14,477 2,310 62 
			 Trafford 5,981 945 104 
			 Wakefield 10,776 2,240 86 
			 Walsall 8,540 1,482 109 
			 Wigan 9,986 1,496 271 
			 Wirral 14,935 2,837 0 
			 Wolverhampton 12,303 1,556 18 
			 Bedfordshire 9,898 1,158 139 
			 Buckinghamshire 13,740 2,210 514 
			 Cambridgeshire 15,301 4,580 129 
			 Cheshire 28,248 5,645 1,128 
			 Cornwall 14,889 2,485 111 
			 Cumbria 36,078 5,569 425 
			 Derbyshire 25,919 0 99 
			 Devon 36,423 3,504 948 
			 Dorset 14,210 2,598 350 
			 Durham 25,413 9,855 92 
			 East Sussex 18,461 1,156 160 
			 Essex 57,753 5,891 317 
			 Gloucestershire 12,864 2,867 401 
			 Hampshire 35,516 7,112 92 
			 Hertfordshire 27,615 5,308 143 
			 Isles of Scilly 184 32 0 
			 Kent 45,427 7,600 163 
			 Lancashire 39,515 8,004 27 
			 Leicestershire 21,895 3,618 97 
			 Lincolnshire 25,583 3,712 12 
			 Norfolk 40,564 5,029 46 
			 North Yorkshire 23,842 3,130 662 
			 Northamptonshire 19,091 1,981 258 
			 Northumberland 17,502 3,251 172 
			 Nottinghamshire 30,807 5,006 130 
			 Oxfordshire 18,495 3,444 168 
			 Shropshire 10,479 1,003 150 
			 Somerset 20,579 3,910 217 
			 Staffordshire 27,957 4,930 555 
			 Suffolk 23,864 2,774 112 
			 Surrey 24,941 1,993 88 
			 Warwickshire 13,319 4,026 4 
			 West Sussex 27,479 2,376 102 
			 Wiltshire 10,858 876 134 
			 Worcestershire 12,938 2,314 160 
			 Bath and Somerset UA 5,520 363 1 
			 Blackburn with Darwen UA 5,640 881 23 
			 Blackpool UA 6,432 736 80 
			 Bournemouth UA 6,704 1,333 446 
			 Bracknell Forest UA 2,590 429 14 
			 Brighton and Hove UA 11,385 1,410 334 
			 Bristol UA 16,589 3,029 32 
			 Darlington UA 5,130 499 0 
			 Derby UA 8,320 1 55 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire UA 16,614 1,805 165 
			 Halton UA 4,015 421 16 
			 Hartlepool UA 6,146 601 4 
			 Herefordshire UA 4,747 254 63 
			 Isle of Wight UA 6,743 954 126 
			 Kingston upon Hull UA 11,229 1,137 68 
			 Leicester UA 9,976 1,505 149 
			 Luton UA 4,698 976 85 
			 Medway Towns UA 7,113 1,767 79 
			 Middlesbrough UA 4,775 585 85 
			 Milton Keynes UA 5,712 1,078 97 
			 North East Lincolnshire UA 6,659 1,050 51 
			 North Lincolnshire UA 6,281 966 49 
			 North Somerset UA 9,489 1,213 20 
			 Nottingham UA 7,925 831 198 
			 Peterborough UA 5,027 1,346 54 
			 Plymouth UA 11,175 1,374 0 
			 Poole UA 4,704 1,226 166 
			 Portsmouth UA 6,438 1,433 37 
			 Reading UA 3,144 770 21 
			 Redcar and Cleveland UA 1,994 741 2 
			 Rutland UA 1,411 228 42 
			 Slough UA 2,792 519 77 
			 South Gloucestershire UA 8,154 1,521 51 
			 Southampton UA 5,986 952 2 
			 Southend-on-Sea UA 8,373 1,158 32 
			 Stockton-on-Tees UA 6,268 708 7 
			 Stoke-on-Trent UA 10,314 1,790 97 
			 Swindon UA 4,845 828 74 
			 Telford and the Wrekin UA 3,898 582 24 
			 Thurrock UA 5,651 835 9 
			 Torbay UA 8,311 757 205 
			 Warrington UA 9,095 1,585 18 
			 West Berkshire UA 3,852 1,244 41 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead UA 3,433 669 44 
			 Wokingham UA 3,029 747 0 
			 York UA 7,056 1,073 195 
			 Camden 5,401 492 105 
			 City of London 230 0 0 
			 Greenwich 5,309 0 0 
			 Hackney 4,491 1,355 44 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,468 0 0 
			 Islington 5,378 910 43 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 3,393 654 83 
			 Lambeth 6,190 790 24 
			 Lewisham 7,279 1,460 29 
			 Southwark 5,304 0 122 
			 Tower Hamlets 3,632 0 42 
			 Wandsworth 7,087 1,918 0 
			 Westminster 5,947 1,266 7 
			 Barking and Dagenham 4,218 271 0 
			 Barnet 7,686 1,009 0 
			 Bexley 8,778 1,721 16 
			 Brent 8,106 1,361 137 
			 Bromley 10,822 2,710 -4 
			 Croydon 7,657 2,047 202 
			 Ealing 7,912 916 44 
			 Enfield 10,814 1,900 184 
			 Haringey 5,697 781 129 
			 Harrow 5,477 2,036 51 
			 Havering 7,685 1,398 3 
			 Hillingdon 6,755 1,254 150 
			 Hounslow 5,166 732 106 
			 Kingston upon Thames 5,476 970 106 
			 Merton 6,633 1,499 112 
			 Newham 4,748 0 58 
			 Redbridge 10,959 1,162 191 
			 Richmond upon Thames 6,527 1,270 124 
			 Sutton 6,018 1,688 190 
			 Waltham Forest 6,085 767 197 
			 UA = Unitary authority (1 )Sales, fees and charges includes income from housing benefits, rent from service users in group homes, charges for day care, home care and meals as well as contributions towards equipment and adaptations and the sale of meals for non-residents and charges for private phone calls.  Client contributions through sales, fees and charges includes income from housing benefits, rent from service users in group homes, charges for day care, home care and meals as well as contributions towards equipment and adaptations and the sale of meals for non-residents and charges for private phone calls.  The information provided on expenditure is derived from data collected annually on social services expenditure from CASSRs on the form PSS EX1. This collection has been the responsibility of the Information Centre since April 2005. Prior to this date, data was collected by the Department of Health.

Wheelchairs

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1177W, on wheelchairs, what categories and types of wheelchair are included under specialised wheelchair; and what percentage of wheelchair referrals are on a consultant-led pathway.

Phil Hope: Data on consultant-led referrals for wheelchairs are not collected centrally.
	National health service wheelchair services are responsible for the assessment of each individuals' needs before supplying a suitable wheelchair. A list of all the categories and types of wheelchair that may be classed as specialised is not available as many will be tailored to individuals' or their carers' requirements.

Departmental Public Consultation

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what payments for  (a) polling and  (b) other services the Cabinet Office made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan: The Cabinet Office has not made any payments to Deborah Mattinson since 31 December 2007.
	Since the same date, the Cabinet Office has made one payment of £22,869.03 to Opinion Leader Research Limited for undertaking qualitative research with young people and parents in deprived communities.

Education: Hertfordshire

Michael Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people  (a) were in full-time education and  (b) retired from employment in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997.

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question asking how many people were in  (a) full-time education and  (b) retired from employment in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire, in each year since 1997.
	The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions. Estimates are provided for the number of working age people (Female 16-59, Male 16-64) who stated they are full-time students. A full time student is defined as being at school, following a sandwich course or full time at university or college. Estimates are also provided for the number of people retired from employment, defined as those who are economically inactive and report their main reason for inactivity as being retired.
	Table 1 shows the number of working age persons in full-time education resident in Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. The estimates from 1997 to 2004 are for the 12 month period ending February each year and taken from the annual LFS. Estimates for 2005 to 2008 are for the 12 month period ending March each year and taken from the APS. Estimates for July 2007 to June 2008 have also been provided, the most recent period for which estimates are available. Estimates are not shown for the Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency as they are based on small samples and are considered too unreliable.
	Table 2 shows the number of people who are retired from employment resident in Hertfordshire and the Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency in each year since 1998. Estimates are provided for the 12 months ending in February from 1998, the earliest period for which estimates are available, to 2004, from annual LFS, and for the 12 months ending in March from 2005 to 2008, from APS. Estimates for July 2007 to June 2008 have also been provided, the most recent for which figures are available.
	As these estimates are for a subset of the population in small geographical areas, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty. A guide to the quality of the estimates is given in Table 1 and Table 2.
	
		
			  Table 1: Number of persons working age( 1)  in full-time education( 2)  in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hemel Hempstead in each year since 1997. 
			Thousand 
			  12 months ending  Hertfordshire  Hemel Hempstead 
			 February 1998 42 — 
			 February 1999 48 — 
			 February 2000 50 — 
			 February 2001 43 — 
			 February 2002 43 — 
			 February 2003 44 — 
			 February 2004 43 — 
			 March 2005 42 — 
			 March 2006 42 — 
			 March 2007 47 — 
			 March 2008 48 -- 
			 June 2008(3) **48 ****— 
			 '—' = Figures are disclosive or statistically unreliable. (1) Working age (Females 16 to 59, Males 16 to 64) (2) Coverage applies to all respondents, of working age, who stated they are full-time students. A full time student is defined as being at school, following a sandwich course or full time at university or college. (3) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality below.  Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220  Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (% Statistical Robustness * 0 [le] CV 5 Estimates are considered precise ** 5 [le] CV 10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 [le] CV 20 Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV >= 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes  Source: Annual Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Number of people who are retired( 1)  from employment in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hemel Hempstead in each year since 1997 
			  Thousand 
			  12 months ending  Hertfordshire  Hemel Hempstead 
			 February 1998 — — 
			 February 1999 144 10 
			 February 2000 146 10 
			 February 2001 150 13 
			 February 2002 160 14 
			 February 2003 169 14 
			 February 2004 169 14 
			 March 2005 156 14 
			 March 2006 162 15 
			 March 2007 161 13 
			 March 2008 155 17 
			 June 2008(2) **153 ***18 
			 '—' = Data are not available for the period March 1997 to February 1998 (1) The number of people retired from employment is defined as those who are economically inactive and report their main reason for inactivity as being retired. (2) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality below. Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220  Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (% Statistical Robustness * 0 [le] CV 5 Estimates are considered precise ** 5 [le] CV 10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 [le] CV 20 Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV >= 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes  Source: Annual Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey

Employment

Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many  (a) non-UK born UK nationals and  (b) non-UK born non-UK nationals his Department estimates there are in the working population of Britain; and what proportion of the total working population each category represents.

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) non-UK born UK nationals and (b) non-UK born non-UK nationals it is estimated there are in the working population of Britain; and what proportion of that working population each category represents.
	The requested information is shown in the attached table.
	The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. This is assessed in a footnote to the table.
	The figures in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. Consequently they are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release, or the non-UK born employment figures published every quarter, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates. However, in this case the difference is very small. The figures in the table add up to 3,820 thousand non-UK born people in employment, compared with a figure of 3,819 thousand published on 11 February.
	
		
			  Non-UK born people aged 16 and over in employment by nationality, three month period ending December 2008, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted 
			  Thousands and per cent 
			   Number( 1)  As a percentage of all people in employment 
			 UK nationals *1,466 5 
			 Non-UK nationals *2,354 8 
			 (1 )Coefficients of Variation have been calculated as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described below:  Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220.  Key Coefficient Statistical robustness  * 0 [le] CV <5 Estimates are considered precise. ** 5 [le] CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. *** 10 [le] CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable. **** CV >= 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes.  Note: It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc).  Source:  Labour Force Survey

Armed Forces: Training

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  whether final approval has been withheld for the second risk reduction activity for the Defence Training Review;
	(2)  what activities are planned to be undertaken within the budget of the second package of risk reduction activity for the Defence Training Review;
	(3)  what steps the Secretary of State is taking in response to the parliamentary objection to the departmental minute dated 17 February 2009 concerning a contingent liability for the costs associated with the defence training review.

Bob Ainsworth: Final approval has not been withheld, however, this underwriting activity will not go live until the objections have been considered and answered in accordance with established procedure. I refer the hon. Member to my answer on 2 March 2009,  Official Report, columns 1364-65W, to my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay). This answer was in response to his Point of Order raised on 24 February 2009,  Official Report, column 169, and also his Early Day Motion 872. I am writing to the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) to address his Point of Order, also on 24 February and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
	The planned activities, to further develop the training solution and advance the new facility design and planning process, will ensure the most effective programme is let at contract signature. They will:
	Enable essential building design work which is a precondition of a successful planning application.
	Ensure the design work improves our understanding of the quality and standard of the new sustainable estate.
	Improve confidence over costs through minimising the risk of cost growth and managing other risks.
	Seek to reduce the training estate footprint and ensure the most efficient match of facilities to the training solution and assets.
	Commence essential environmental survey work to support the planning application and maintain MOD's role as a good estate steward.
	Mitigate against further programme delay and maintain key construction and new service start dates.
	Reduce risk through increased exposure of Metrix to current MOD training practice and processes.
	Identify further opportunities for training rationalisation and harmonisation.
	Develop the plans for flexible and distance learning and the introduction of improved individual leaning techniques.
	Enable quicker and more efficient reduction in military manpower, releasing personnel to the Front Line Commands following contract signature.
	Develop the proposals to reduce residential student numbers and increase student 'Pass on Time' rates.
	These activities will ensure that project momentum is maintained and planning application timescales achieved. They also aim to make sure costs are controlled to achieve an affordable, acceptable and deliverable project and to obtain maximum value for money for the taxpayer.

RAF Menwith Hill

Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many  (a) US service personnel,  (b) US contractors,  (c) US civilians,  (d) Royal Air Force personnel,  (e) Ministry of Defence Policy agency personnel,  (f) Ministry of Defence Guarding Service personnel,  (g) UK army personnel,  (h) UK naval personnel,  (i) GCHQ personnel,  (j) UK contractors,  (k) UK civilians,  (l) US military chaplains and  (m) UK military chaplains are working at Menwith Hill.

Bob Ainsworth: As at 3 March 2009 the following personnel were employed at RAF Menwith Hill:
	
		
			  Employer  Number 
			 US Service Personnel 540 
			 US Civilians and Contractors 892 
			 RAF Personnel 4 
			 UK Army Personnel 0 
			 UK Naval Personnel 8 
			 UK Contractors (1)76 
			 UK Civilians (Excl MDPGA) 325 
			 US Military Chaplains 2 
			 UK Military Chaplains 0 
			 (1) The number of UK contractors' personnel working at RAF Menwith Hill may vary on a day to day basis. 
		
	
	I am withholding the number of GCHQ employees in accordance with government practice not to reveal numbers of personnel working in intelligence at specific locations. I am also withholding the numbers for both the Ministry of Defence Police-and the Ministry of Defence Guard Agency for the purpose of the proper enforcement of law, and in the interests of national defence.

Trident: Scotland

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008,  Official Report, column 848W, on Trident: Scotland, 
	(1)  how many of the 589 civilians at HM Naval Base Clyde whose jobs directly rely upon the Trident programme are employed in  (a) engineering and science,  (b) logistics, (c) security,  (d) health and safety,  (e) outfitting and steel work and  (f) other areas;
	(2)  how many of the 589 civilians at HM Naval Base Clyde whose jobs directly rely upon the Trident programme are resident in  (a) Argyll and Bute constituency,  (b) West Dunbartonshire constituency,  (c) elsewhere in Scotland and  (d) outside Scotland;
	(3)  what the  (a) skills requirements and  (b) geographic distribution of the 250 indirect civilian jobs relating to support activities for the Trident programme in Scotland are.

John Hutton: The information requested is not held by my Department in that format.
	Action is ongoing, however, to update the December 2006 figures as part of a broader package of work. I will write to my hon. Friend when this work is complete.

Apprentices

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 4 June 2008,  Official Report, column 947W, on apprentices, how many apprentices his Department currently employs.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The number of apprentices the Department currently employs is 20.

Children: Databases

Eleanor Laing: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the development costs of ContactPoint have been; and what the estimated maintenance costs are for ContactPoint in 2009.

Beverley Hughes: The estimated development and set-up cost of ContactPoint is £224 million (most of which is expected to be incurred by the end of the financial year 2009-2010). This includes: the costs of adapting existing systems that will supply data to ContactPoint and the costs of ensuring that data is accurate; adapting the day-to-day systems used by practitioners so they can access ContactPoint from them; and the costs of introducing robust arrangements to ensure proper security, and effective ContactPoint user training.
	The latest estimate for running (maintenance) costs in 2009-10 is just under £44 million including inflation, of which most will go directly to local authorities to fund staff to ensure the ongoing running, maintenance, operation and security of ContactPoint.

Children: Databases

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1067-68W, on children: databases, what the  (a) necessary safeguarding and  (b) child protection procedures referred to are.

Beverley Hughes: holding answer 5 March 2009
	The  (a) necessary safeguarding and  (b) child protection procedures referred to in the previous reply of 26 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1067-68W, are those set out in the Government's statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2006). These processes are those established for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and are those used in any circumstance where concerns are raised about the safety or welfare of a child.

Climbing

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which of the myplace projects approved by his Department have climbing walls which meet the standard approved by the British Mountaineering Council; how many instructors are provided for each climbing wall; to what standard each instructor is trained; which climbing walls include ropes; what height each rope is; and how many projects were designed in consultation with the British Mountaineering Council.

Beverley Hughes: All applications to "myplace" were assessed by the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) against the criteria set out in guidance materials. Investment decisions were made by BIG's investment committee on behalf of DCSF.
	BIG report that 23 of the 62 projects funded to date contained plans to provide a climbing wall within their application form. No data is held on the nature or quality standard of these proposed climbing walls, as this information was not requested in the "myplace" application form.

Private Education

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many independent special schools there were in each local authority area in each year since 1997.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The number of independent schools catering wholly, or mainly, for pupils with special educational needs; in each local authority area; in each year since 1997, are shown in the following table:
	
		
			  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 
			 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Bamet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 
			 Barnsley 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Bexley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Birmingham 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 7 7 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 
			 Blackpool 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Bolton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 
			 Bournemouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Bracknell Forest 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Bradford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 
			 Brent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 
			 Brighton and Hove 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 
			 Bristol City of 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 
			 Bromley 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 
			 Buckinghamshire 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 
			 Bury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 
			 Calderdale 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 
			 Cambridgeshire 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 9 10 11 11 
			 Camden 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Cheshire 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3  3 5 5 5 
			 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Comwall 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 
			 Coventry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 
			 Croydon 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 
			 Cumbria 8 3 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 13 13 
			 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Derby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Derbyshire 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 9 10 10 
			 Devon 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8 7 9 9 10 11 
			 Doncaster 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 
			 Dorset 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 
			 Dudley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Ealing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 
			 East Sussex 5 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 
			 Enfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Essex 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 9 9 
			 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Gloucestershire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 
			 Greenwich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Hackney 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Halton 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 12 12 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 
			 Hampshire 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 
			 Haringey 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 
			 Harrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Hartlepool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Havering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Herefordshire 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 
			 Hertfordshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 
			 Hillingdon 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Hounslow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Isles Of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Islington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 
			 Kent 10 11 14 15 17 17 18 19 21 30 32 37 37 
			 Kingston upon Hull City of 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Kingston upon Thames 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Kirklees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 
			 Knowsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Lambeth 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Lancashire 8 9 9 10 13 13 13 15 21 24 26 30 30 
			 Leeds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Leicester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Leicestershire 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 6 8 8 
			 Lewisham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Lincolnshire 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 
			 Liverpool 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 
			 Luton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Manchester 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 
			 Medway 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 
			 Merton 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Milton Keynes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Newham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Norfolk 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 6 6 7 7 
			 North East Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0 
			 North Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 
			 North Somerset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 North Tyneside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 
			 North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 
			 Northamptonshire 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 
			 Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Nottingham 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 
			 Oldham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 § 0 1 1 1 1 
			 Oxfordshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 
			 Peterborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 
			 Plymouth 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Poole 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Richmond upon Thames 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 19 19 24 24 
			 Rotherham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Rutland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 
			 Salford 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Sandwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 
			 Sefton 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 
			 Sheffield 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Shropshire 4 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 9 15 15 15 15 
			 Slough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Solihull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Somerset 6 6 9 9 12 11 11 11 12 14 15 17 17 
			 South Gloucestershire 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 South Tyneside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Southampton 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 
			 Southend-on-Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 
			 Southwark 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 St. Helens 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Staffordshire 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 8 8 
			 Stockport 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Suffolk 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 7 8 8 
			 Sunderland 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Surrey 6 6 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 9 10 10 
			 Sutton 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 
			 Swindon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Tameside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Telford and Wrekin 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 
			 Thurrock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Torbay 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Tower Hamlets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Trafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Wakefield 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 
			 Walsall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Waltham Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Wandsworth 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 
			 Warrington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 7 9 9 
			 Warwickshire 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 
			 West Berkshire 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 West Sussex 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 10 14 15 17 17 
			 Westminster 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 
			 Wigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Wiltshire 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 e 5 6 6 6 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Wirral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Wokingham 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 0 0 0 
			 Wolverhampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Worcestershire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 
			 York 0 0 0 0 ° 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			  Source: EduBase.

Pupil Referral Units

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 21 April 2008,  Official Report, columns 1559-60W, on pupil referral units, how many pupil referral units  (a) opened and  (b) closed in each local authority area in each year; and how many (i) opened and (ii) closed in 2008.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The numbers of Pupil Referral Units Opened and Closed between 1998 and 2008, by local authority area are detailed in the following tables.
	Please note that the total figures in these tables differ slightly from those to the answer of 21 April 2008,  Official Report, columns 1559-60W, as there have been a number of retrospective changes implemented on the Department's database.
	
		
			  (a) Number of pupil referral units opened in each year, by local authority area 
			   Year of opening  
			  Local authority  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  Gran d total 
			 Barking and Dagenham — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Barnet — — — — 1 — 1 — — — — 2 
			 Barnsley — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Bath and North East Somerset — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Bedfordshire 1 — 2 1 1 — — — — — — 5 
			 Birmingham — — — 1 — — — — 1 — — 2 
			 Blackburn with Darwen — — 1 — — 1 — — — — — 2 
			 Blackpool — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Bolton — — 2 — — 8 — 2 3 — — 15 
			 Bournemouth — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Bracknell Forest — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Bradford — — — 2 2 — — 1 — — 1 6 
			 Brent — — — — 4 1 1 — — — 1 7 
			 Bristol City of — — — — 1 1 1 — — — — 3 
			 Bromley — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Buckinghamshire — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Bury — — — — — 1 — — — — — 2 
			 Calderdale — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Cambridgeshire — — — 4 — — 1 — — 1 — 6 
			 Camden — 1 — — — 1 1 — — — — 3 
			 Cheshire — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Cornwall — — — — — — 7 — — — — 3 
			 Coventry — — — — — 2 — 1 1 — 1 5 
			 Croydon — — — — 2 — — 1 — — — 3 
			 Cumbria — — — — — — — — — 1 — 1 
			 Darlington — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Derby — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Derbyshire 1 — — 2 1 — 1 — — — — 5 
			 Devon — — — 1 — 1 3 — — — — 5 
			 Doncaster — — — — 1 — 1 — — — 4 6 
			 Dorset — 1 — 1 — 2 — — — — — 4 
			 Dudley — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Ealing 1 — — — — 1  — — — — 2 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire — — — — 2 — — — — — — 2 
			 Enfield — — — — 1 — 1 — — — — 2 
			 Essex — 1 2 — — 1 — — 4 — — 8 
			 Gateshead 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Gloucestershire — — — — 1 — — — 1 3 — 5 
			 Greenwich — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Hackney  1 — — — — 1 — 1 — — 3 
			 Halton — — — — — 2 — — — — — 2 
			 Hampshire — — — — 1 — 1 — — — 1 3 
			 Haringey — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 
			 Hartlepool — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Havering — — — 1 — 3 — 2 1 — — 7 
			 Herefordshire — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Hillingdon — — — — — — — — — 1  1 
			 Hounslow — — — — — 4 — — — — — 4 
			 Isle of Wight — — — — — — — — — — — 2 
			 Islington 1 — — — — 2 — — — — — 3 
			 Kent — 1 — — — 2 — — 2 3 6 14 
			 Kingston upon Hull City of — — 1 — 1 — — — — — — 2 
			 Kirklees — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Knowsley — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Lambeth — — — 1 1 — — 2 1 — — 5 
			 Lancashire — 1 — — — 5 1 2 1 1 — 11 
			 Leeds — — 2 — — 1 1 — — — — 4 
			 Leicester — — 1 — 2 — — — 1 — 1 5 
			 Leicestershire — — — — — 4 — — — — — 4 
			 Lewisham — — — — 1 — — 1 — — — 2 
			 Lincolnshire — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Liverpool — — 1 — — 1 — — — — 2 4 
			 Luton — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Manchester 2 — — — 1 1 1 — — — — 5 
			 Medway — 1 — — 1 1 — — — — — 3 
			 Merton — — — — 1 1 — — — — — 2 
			 Middlesbrough — — — — 1 2 1 — — — — 4 
			 Milton Keynes — — — — 1 2 — — — — — 3 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Newham — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Norfolk — 1 — — — — — — — — — 2 
			 North East Lincolnshire — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — 2 
			 North Somerset — 2 — — — — 1 — — — — 3 
			 North Tyneside — — — — 3 — — — — — — 3 
			 North Yorkshire — — 2 — — — — — — — — 2 
			 Northamptonshire — — — 1 1 — 1 1 — — — 4 
			 Northumberland 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Nottingham 1 — — — — 1 — — — — 1 3 
			 Nottinghamshire 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — 2 
			 Oldham — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Oxfordshire — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Portsmouth — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Reading — — — 1 — 1 — 2 — — — 4 
			 Redbridge — — — — 1 — 1 — — — — 2 
			 Richmond upon Thames — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Rochdale — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Rotherham — — — — 1 1 — 1 — 1 3 7 
			 Salford — — 2 — 1 — — 1 — — 1 5 
			 Sandwell 1 — — — 1 — — 1 — 2 — 5 
			 Seta — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Sheffield — — — — — 2 — — — — — 2 
			 Shropshire — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Slough — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Solihull — — — 1 — — 1 — — — 1 3 
			 Somerset — 1 — — 1 3 8 — 4 2 — 19 
			 South Gloucestershire 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Southampton — — — — 1 — 1 — — — — 2 
			 Southend-on-Sea — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Southwark — — — — 1 — — 1 — — 1 3 
			 St Helens — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Staffordshire 1 — — — 1 1 — 1 — — — 4 
			 Stockport 1 — — — — — 1 — — — — 2 
			 Stockton-on-Tees — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Stoke-on-Trent — — — — 1 1 — — 1 — — 3 
			 Suffolk — 1 — 1 1 — 3 2 — — — 8 
			 Sunderland — — — — — — — — — — 4 4 
			 Surrey 1 — — — — 2 1 1 — 1 — 6 
			 Sutton — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Swindon — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Tameside — — — — 2 — — — — — — 2 
			 Telford and Wrekin — — — 1 3 — — 1 — — — 5 
			 Thurrock — — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Torbay — — — 4 1 — — — — — — 5 
			 Trafford — — — — 2 — 1 1 — — — 4 
			 Walsall — — — — — 1 2 — — — — 3 
			 Waltham Forest — — — — 4 1 1 — — — — 7 
			 Wandsworth — 1 — — 1 — — 1 — — — 3 
			 Warrington — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Warwickshire — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 West Berkshire 1 — — — — 2 — 3 — — — 6 
			 West Sussex — — — — — — — — 2 — — 2 
			 Westminster — — — — 1 — 2 — — — — 3 
			 Wigan — — — — 3 — — — — — 4 7 
			 Wiltshire — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Wirral — — — — — — — 1 — — — 1 
			 Wokingham — — — — — 1 — 2 — — — 3 
			 Wolverhampton — — — — — 2 — — — — — 2 
			 Worcestershire 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 York — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Grand total 18 19 23 28 72 75 55 34 27 18 32 401 
		
	
	
		
			  (b) Number of pupil referral units closed in each year, by local authority area 
			   Year of closure  
			  Local authority  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  Grand total 
			 Barnet — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Barnsley — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 
			 Bedfordshire — — — — 4 — — — — — — 4 
			 Birmingham 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Bolton — — — — — — — 4 4 — — 8 
			 Bracknell Forest — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Bradford — — — 1 — 2 — — — — — 3 
			 Brent — — — — — — 4 — — — — 4 
			 Brighton and Hove — — 4 — — — — — — — — 4 
			 Bristol City of — — — — — — — 1 — — — 1 
			 Bromley 1 — — — — — 1 — — — — 2 
			 Buckinghamshire — — — — 2 — — — — — — 2 
			 Calderdale — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Cambridgeshire — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Cheshire 3 — — — — — — — — — — 3 
			 Cornwall — — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 
			 Coventry — — 1 — — 1 1 — — — 1 4 
			 Darlington — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Derby 3 — — — — — — — — — — 3 
			 Derbyshire — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Devon — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Doncaster — — — — — — 1 — — — 5 6 
			 Dorset — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Dudley — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Ealing 3 — — — — — — — — — — 3 
			 East Sussex — — 1 2 — — — — — — — 3 
			 Enfield — 1 — — — — — 1 — — — 2 
			 Essex — — 1 — — — 4 — — — — 5 
			 Gateshead — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Gloucestershire — — — — — — — — — 4 — 4 
			 Greenwich — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Hackney 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Hampshire — — — 1 3 — 1 — — — — 5 
			 Harrow — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Hartlepool — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 
			 Havering — — — — — 3 — — 2 — — 5 
			 Herefordshire — 1 1 — — — — — — — — 2 
			 Hertfordshire 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Hounslow — — — — — — — 2 — — — 2 
			 Isle of Wight — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Islington — 1 1 — — — — — — 1 — 3 
			 Kent 2 1 — 1 1 2 — — — — — 7 
			 Kingston upon Hull City of — — 1 1 — — — — — — — 2 
			 Knowsley — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Lambeth — — — — — 1 — 2 — — 1 4 
			 Lancashire 1 — — — — 1 1 2 1 2 — 8 
			 Leeds 2 — 3 — — — — — — — 1 6 
			 Leicester — — — — — — — — 2 — — 2 
			 Leicestershire — — — — — 1 — 2 — — — 3 
			 Lewisham — — — — — — — 2 — 1 — 3 
			 Lincolnshire — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 
			 Liverpool — — — 1 — 4 — — — — 1 6 
			 Luton — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Manchester — — — — 1 — — — 1 — — 2 
			 Medway — — — — — — 1 1 — — — 2 
			 Merton — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Milton Keynes — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne — 2 — — 1 — — — — — — 3 
			 Norfolk — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 
			 North East Lincolnshire — — — — — — 1 — 1 — — 2 
			 North Somerset — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 North Tyneside — 1 1 — — 1 1 — 1 — — 5 
			 Northamptonshire — — — — — — — — 1 1 — 2 
			 Nottingham 1 — 2 — — — — — — — 1 4 
			 Nottinghamshire — — — — — — — 4 — — — 4 
			 Oxfordshire — — — — 6 — — — — — — 6 
			 Peterborough — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 
			 Portsmouth — — — — — 1 — — 3 — — 4 
			 Reading — — — — — — — 5 — — — 5 
			 Rotherham — — — — — 2 — — — — 2 4 
			 Salford — — — — — — — — 1 — 2 3 
			 Sandwell 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Solihull 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Somerset — — — — — 2 1 — 2 3 1 9 
			 South Tyneside — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Southwark — — — — — — — — — 2 2 4 
			 Staffordshire 1 — 1 2 — — — — — — — 4 
			 Stockport — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 
			 Stockton-on-Tees — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 1 — — — — — — — 2 — — 3 
			 Sunderland — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 
			 Surrey 2 3 — 2 — — — — — — — 7 
			 Telford and Wrekin _ — — — — — — 1 1 — — 2 
			 Thurrock — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 
			 Torbay — — — — 5 — — — — — — 5 
			 Trafford — — — — — — — 1 — — — 1 
			 Walsall — — — — 1 1 — — — — — 2 
			 Waltham Forest — — — — — 2 2 — — — — 4 
			 Warrington 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 
			 Warwickshire — 3 — — — — — — — — — 3 
			 West Berkshire — — — — — — — 5 1 — — 6 
			 Wigan — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 
			 Wirral — — — — — — — 1 — — — 1 
			 Wokingham — 1 — — — — — 1 — — — 2 
			 Wolverhampton — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 
			 Worcestershire 2 1 2 — — — — — — — — 5 
			 Grand total 28 20 21 15 26 29 24 35 25 15 25 263 
			  Source: EduBase

Teachers TV

Robert Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many  (a) hits and  (b) unique users the Teachers TV website has received in each year since its inception.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Data is only collected on the number of unique users and the number of visits. Data on the number of hits that the Teachers TV website receives have not been collected since April 2006, as this was not considered an accurate way to measure success.
	The data are set out in the following table:
	
		
			   Number of unique users  Number of visits  Number of hits 
			 2005 (1)675,926 (1)1,439,479 (1)47,262,098 
			 2006 1,218,211 2,543,530 (2)41,272,550 
			 2007 1,822,524 3,419,029 — 
			 2008 2,818,295 4,184,890 — 
			 2009(3) 278,082 378,005 — 
			 (1 )Does not include data for April 2005. (2) Includes only data on the number of hits from January to April 2006. (3) Data relates to January 2009.

Young People: Unemployment

James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in  (a) 1997 and  (b) each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available, broken down by region.

Si�n Simon: I have been asked to reply.
	The following tables show estimates of the number and percentage of people aged(1) 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) for regions in England. These estimates are from the labour force survey (LFS).
	We are unable to provide NEET estimates for 1997 as all the data necessary to produce them is not available on datasets prior to quarter 2 2000, therefore we have given the earliest data possible for reference.
	(1) Age used is the respondent's academic age, which is defined as their age at the preceding 31 August.
	
		
			  Not in education, employment or training (NEET) by region, age 16 to 24 
			  Number 
			   Q 2 2000  Q1 2007  Q2 2007  Q3 2007  Q4 2007  Q1 2008  Q2 2008  Q3 2008  Q4 2008 
			 England 655,000 828,000 833,000 909,000 782,000 810,000 840,000 973,000 857,000 
			   
			 North East 62,000 48,000 47,000 52,000 49,000 52,000 56,000 65,000 54,000 
			 North West 93,000 127,000 134,000 144,000 120,000 136,000 139,000 151,000 142,000 
			 Yorks and Humber 74,000 97,000 92,000 105,000 82,000 75,000 101,000 119,000 92,000 
			 East Midlands 60,000 72,000 66,000 81,000 70,000 69,000 71,000 86,000 68,000 
			 West Midlands 75,000 111,000 107,000 111,000 93,000 95,000 98,000 119,000 105,000 
			 East of England 52,000 76,000 84,000 92,000 74,000 87,000 77,000 82,000 79,000 
			 London 130,000 119,000 130,000 136,000 123,000 129,000 132,000 149,000 131,000 
			 South East 67,000 107,000 112,000 125,000 116,000 104,000 111,000 131,000 122,000 
			 South West 42,000 70,000 61,000 63,000 56,000 63,000 55,000 71,000 63,000 
		
	
	
		
			  Percentage 
			   Q 2 2000  Q1 2007  Q2 2007  Q3 2007  Q4 2007  Q1 2008  Q2 2008  Q3 2008  Q4 2008 
			 England 12.8 14.1 14.2 15.4 13.1 13.6 14.0 16.2 14.2 
			   
			 North East 22.6 15.2 14.6 16.4 15.3 16.2 17.4 19.6 16.7 
			 North West 13.2 15.2 16.1 17.3 14.2 16.1 16.2 17.6 16.8 
			 Yorks and Humber 14.3 14.5 13.9 15.9 12.3 11.3 15.1 17.8 13.6 
			 East Midlands 13.7 13.8 12.8 15.1 13.0 13.1 13.4 15.9 12.8 
			 West Midlands 13.6 18.0 17.4 17.6 14.7 15.0 15.6 18.7 16.4 
			 East of England 10.2 12.8 14.1 15.2 12.1 14.1 12.5 13.5 12.9 
			 London 14.9 13.8 15.1 15.7 14.2 14.8 14.5 16.5 14.6 
			 South East 8.5 12.0 12.4 14.0 12.8 11.5 12.1 14.4 13.2 
			 South West 9.2 12.7 11.1 11.2 9.8 10.9 9.7 12.7 11.1

Youth Services

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department plans to provide support to the 24 June 2009 national round table on detached youth work.

Beverley Hughes: The Department is aware that the Federation of Detached Youth workers are planning to hold an event on 24 June. The Federation has not extended an invitation to the Department.